How to host Cachet on SSD Nodes Server - ServerAvatar

Cachet is an open-source platform designed for organizations to efficiently create status pages. It is perfect for businesses and organizations of all sizes. It includes essential tools for maintaining and communicating service statuses and ensuring accessibility for administrators and users. SSD Nodes is a dependable hosting option for Cachet, providing scalable infrastructure and simple deployment solutions. ServerAvatar makes deploying the Cachet application on the SSD Nodes platform easy and user-friendly.

Create a Server in SSD Nodes

Getting started with SSD Nodes:

Discover how to create an account and set up a cloud VPS on SSDNodes, a top hosting provider. Follow our simple, step-by-step guide to get your account up and running quickly and easily, so you can start managing your hosting services today.

SSDNodes offers dependable and scalable hosting solutions to individuals and corporations because of its speed and affordability. They provide an infrastructure to host webpages, software, and other internet services effectively.

Step 1: Setup Cloud VPS with SSD Nodes

• First, log in to your SSD Nodes account and navigate to the Servers option. Next, click on Purchase a New Server from the dropdown menu.

Step 2: Select the plan

• SSD Nodes Offer two Different VPS plans:
  1. Standard VPS
  2. Performance VPS
• You have to select a Plan according to your needs. After selecting your plan just click on Get Started.

Step 3: Finalizing Your VPS Selection

• In the following step, You will see the summary of your selected VPS Plan. Click Proceed to Checkout if you are satisfied with the plan you have chosen, or select Customize Your Own Server to modify your VPS server according to your requirements.

Step 4: Customizing the VPS Configuration

• You can see your selected plan as shown in the below image.

• You can select the billing cycle based on your requirements.

• You have the option to select a server location that is more convenient for you. It is recommended to select the location that is closest to your audience. It means that for the majority of your audience, Your sites will load faster due to lower latency.

• Now, you have to select your preferred operating system. Generally, the Cachet application required Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or a later version for compatibility and support.
• We recommend selecting Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit or Ubuntu 22.04 64-bit. If you are using ServerAvatar to manage your servers, these operating systems are required.

• Now, there is an Advance Options section where you can configure settings according to your requirements, Additionally, you can add a Public SSH Key and specify the Server's Name and Description. Once you've set up your Advanced Options, proceed to the payment checkout.

• Review and confirm all the choices you've made for your VPS and Click on the Proceed to Checkout option.

Step 5: Finalizing Your Order and VPS Deployment

• Now, you need to confirm and complete the payment, also you can review the Order Summary on the same page as shown in the image below. After you've completed the payment process, your VPS will be set up quickly and will be ready for use in a minimum amount of time.

• Congratulations! You have successfully created your SSD Nodes VPS, which is now ready to connect with ServerAvatar.

Initial Server Configuration

The Initial server configuration includes the installation and configuration of various packages required to host your website. Usually, You have to write commands and modify configuration files. Luckily, With ServerAvatar, Your full server configuration and optimization can be automated.

Here are the three ways to automatically configure your server with ServerAvatar.

wget https://srvr.so/install
chmod +x install
./install

Install and Setup Cachet status page system with ServerAvatar

Step 1: Create a PHP application

To create an application, go to the ServerAvatar server panel, navigate to the Applications tab, and click the Create button like the following image.

1. Fill in basic detail

In the first step, fill in the basic details, including the Application Name, select the Domain type, and type the Primary Domain/Test Domain Name.

Note that:

If you want to host Joomla CMS on your domain, then make sure to point your domain to the current IP address of your server, and for that:

1. Log in to your hosting provider site, where you buy your domain. You can check your domain information with one click.
2. Access DNS Manager to edit your DNS records(contact the support team if you don’t find them)
3. Change the IP address of A Record of your website to the current server’s IP address.

Note that:

For accessing Cachet on the subdomain, you need to add your subdomain on A Record that points to the current IP address of your server. To point to an IPV6 address, you would need to use an AAAA record.

Click the Next Step to continue.

2. Select the application creation method

Here you can fill in the required details. It includes-

1. Select the Git method and GitHub as a service provider so we can deploy an application from Git public repository.
2. Mark on Public Repository.
3. Type/Paste the GitHub project URL. You’ll find the link on GitHub in the image below.

4. Type the Branch of the GitHub project.

5. Type the below commands in the deployment script.

php7.3 /usr/bin/composer install cp .env.example .env php7.3 artisan key:generate

Note that:

Note that: Cachet supports PHP7.1 To 7.3, we need to specify the version in the command in the deployments script.

3. Allocate system user

System users manage the resources of the application. You can create a new application user or give permission to the existing user.

Click the Next Step to continue.

4. Other Options

In this step, select PHP version 7.3. Cachet supports PHP 7.1 - 7.3. Type Public in the Custom Webroot field.

5. Review your application details

Review your application details. Click the Create Application button.

Step 2: Create a Cachet database

On the server panel, navigate to the Databases tab from the sidebar and click the Create button to create a MySQL database.

Fill in database details, including-

• Database Name
• Database Username
• Database Password

Step 3: Delete the .env.example file and update the database information

To delete the .env.example file, go to the application panel>>file manager and access the public_html folder. Now check the Show Hidden Files. The .env.example file is at the top of the multiple hidden files. Please select the file and delete it like the following image.

Now open the .env file and change the database details we created in the second step. It includes-

DB_DATABASE: Database Name DB_USERNAME: Database Username DB_PASSWORD: Database Password

Don’t forget to save the file(CTRL+s) after making appropriate changes.

Step 4: Install SSL

To install SSL for your application. Go to your application panel and click the SSL Certificate from the sidebar.

You can install Automatic SSL or a Custom installation method to secure your site with an SSL certificate. It is recommended to install automatic SSL for your application.

Step 5: Install and Set up Cachet

1. Environment set up

Access your domain/subdomain on the browser to install and set up Cachet. The setup screen will look like the following image.

Fill in the required details in the above image and click the Next button.

2. Status Page Setup

On the next page, you’ll need to set up the status page. Here you can fill up the details, including your Website Name, Website Domain, Timezone, and Language.

Click the Next button to continue.

3. Administrator Account

Fill up admin details, including** Admin Username**, Email, and Password.

Once you enter all the details, click the Complete Setup button. The message will display like the following image. Click the Go To Dashboard button to continue.

Notice: you may see the error “An error occurs, and this resource cannot be displayed.”

If it occurs, log in to your application using an SSH connection. You can see the credentials in the application panel in the following image.

Execute the following command in your terminal to log in to your application-

ssh Username@Host

Now go to your application path using “cd Application_Name/public_html” and execute the following command.

Php7.3 artisan migrate:refresh

After that, go to your setup page and click the Complete Setup button. It will configure cachet successfully.

Once you access the dashboard, you’ll create and manage components and incidents, including updating incidents with additional information and marking them as resolved when the issue is fixed.

That’s it. Your CacheT instance should be live and you can start working on your status pages. We hope this tutorial was helpful to you. You can also refer to other deployment tutorials given below.