CloudIgniter

Upgraded memory and disk space

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:00:05 -0500

All of our dedicated server plans have had their memory and disk space doubled.

For example our base “Microburst” server used to be 256MB/10GB of mem/disk. All of our existing Microburst servers have been upgraded to 512MB/20GB. Of course new signups also get the upgraded specs as well.

We’re considering offering the 256/10 server option in a new lower priced dedicated pricing option. If that would be of intrest let us know at hello@locous.com

CloudIgniter runs PHP 5.3.6

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:07:23 -0500

We finally ditched 5.2 and we have upgraded all of our servers to the latest stable PHP version (5.3.6).

If your interested in the nitty gritty details you can see our exact PHP enviornment here: http://www.getcloudigniter.com/phpinfo.php

CloudIgniter is now running on CodeIgniter 2.0

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:37:14 -0500

Today we decided to port CloudIgniter over to CodeIgniter version 2.0beta. Besides a very few ‘gotchas’ we were up and running in about 30-40 minutes.

Phil Sturgeon wrote a guide a little while back, but I thought I’d expand on it just a little bit. Before even touching the core, I did a little bit of house-keeping.

First, we use Doctrine ORM (which we actually regret*), which we had implemented as a plugin, which are now gone in CI 2.0. Initially I tried to rewrite my Doctrine bootstrap file into a static class, but that just ended up in failure. So I had to move it to the helpers folder. This works, but is less than optimal in my personal opinion. In my doctrine_helper.php file there is a line that reads:

// CodeIgniter's Model class needs to be loaded
require_once BASEPATH.'/libraries/Model.php';

In CodeIgniter 2.0 most of the libraries have been moved from the ‘libraries’ folder to the ‘core’ folder, so that little change was necessary.

Secondly, we made ‘core’ and ‘third_party’ folders in our application directory. If you extend CodeIgniter core libraries (anything that lives in ‘system/core’) they now need to live in the ‘application/core’ folder, and not the ‘libraries’ folder. The ‘third_party’ folder exists for CodeIgniter 2.0 ‘Packages’. There are a couple of new config files that need to be created. Phil mentions this in his post.

At this point, I just deleted the current system folder** and replaced it with the one in the CodeIgniter 2.0 download package. At this point, we we’re up and running.

I thought the move was going to be slightly more complicated, but it turned out to be quite a breeze.

* More detailed post on that coming soon.
** Our ‘application’ folder already lived outside of our ‘system folder’, so there was no need to move it in our case.

Announcing Virtual Dedicated Servers & Database Management

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:31:00 -0500

CloudIgniter is happy to announce virtual dedicated servers. CloudIgniter virtual dedicated servers are fully managed by us, so no server knowledge is necessary. We offer several plans based on the amount of RAM, disk space, and bandwidth you need. You will not have to share RAM or Processor power with anyone else.

The pricing breaks down like this:

Microburst - $60/month. 256mb RAM, 10gb Disk Space, 100gb Data Transfer
Monsoon - $120/month. 512mb RAM, 20gb Disk Space, 200gb Data Transfer
Waterspout - $240/month. 1gb RAM, 40gb Disk Space, 400gb Data Transfer
Tornado - $480/month. 2gb RAM, 80gb Disk Space, 800gb Data Transfer

You can seamlessly upgrade to any of the dedicated plans by visiting your account management area, and selecting ‘Change Plan’ on the left side menu. Your website will have about 10 minutes of downtime while a dedicated server is built, and your websites are migrated to it.

We have also built in a way for you to add the unlimited databases that you have access to at http://www.getcloudigniter.com/databases.

phpMyAdmin was also updated to the latest version is this update.