Deploy PHP
Deploy custom PHP applications with Wodby’s managed PHP stack. Use a repeatable deployment model, keep your services organized, and scale PHP workloads without reinventing the stack.
Start from a managed PHP stack
Deploy PHP applications without assembling the full stack yourself from separate services, deployment steps, and environment settings.
Keep custom PHP deployments flexible
Use a managed stack that gives you room to compose the services your application needs while keeping the workflow consistent.
Simplify day-to-day operations
Use built-in deployment tooling, backups, SSL, and infrastructure features so PHP teams spend less time on repetitive operations.
A modern deployment model for PHP applications
PHP teams need a way to standardize deployments, isolate supporting services, and scale applications with a more modern hosting model.
Wodby packages that into a managed PHP stack built on industry-standard Kubernetes and K3S foundations, so you can deploy custom PHP workloads without maintaining a bespoke setup for every project.
A practical fit for custom PHP workloads
- Keep web, PHP runtime, cache, and database services organized in one stack.
- Scale PHP applications and supporting services as workload demands change.
- Use the same deployment model across development, staging, and production.
- Reduce custom work around SSL, backups, infrastructure updates, and releases.
What you get with Wodby
- Managed PHP stack for modern container-based deployments
- Built-in CI/CD and image build workflow
- Automated backups and imports for safer releases and migrations
- Managed SSL certificates and domain setup
- Flexible scaling and resource controls
- Open, portable infrastructure via Wodby’s platform model
How PHP deployment works on Wodby
- 1
Choose the infrastructure model that fits: managed Kubernetes from your preferred provider or a lean K3S setup for lower-cost environments.
- 2
Create a new app from the PHP stack and connect your repository.
- 3
Configure services, domains, environment variables, persistent volumes, and databases.
- 4
Deploy changes through the built-in CI/CD workflow and scale services as requirements grow.
Read more about stack management in our documentation.
Suitable for custom PHP projects and multi-app environments
If you deploy multiple PHP applications, need a repeatable stack, or want to move to Kubernetes without rebuilding your hosting model from scratch, this setup fits that need.
Wodby gives PHP teams a managed stack with room for customization through services and integrations, while keeping Kubernetes available as the infrastructure standard for larger workloads.
Keep local PHP environments consistent with Docker
Use Wodby’s Docker4PHP project to spin up a consistent local PHP environment with Docker Compose before you deploy to Wodby. It is built for local development across Linux, macOS, and Windows, so teams can standardize how custom PHP applications run on developer machines.
That makes the move from local development to managed hosting more predictable: work against a repeatable PHP stack locally, then deploy on Wodby with CI/CD, backups, certificates, and scalable infrastructure already in place.
Choose the hosting model that fits your team
Run Wodby on your own managed Kubernetes, on a lean K3s server, or on fully managed Wodby Cloud.
Managed Kubernetes in your cloud account
Connect AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, Azure, or another supported provider and let Wodby provision and manage the cluster setup in your own account.
View managed KubernetesBudget single-server setup with K3s
Run a lightweight Kubernetes setup on a dedicated server or VM when you want the Wodby workflow with lower infrastructure cost.
Explore K3s hostingFully managed Wodby Cloud
Use Wodby Cloud when you want Wodby to handle the underlying cluster and infrastructure as a managed service.
See Wodby CloudPreview of the PHP stack
Explore the default services included in Wodby’s managed PHP stack on the PHP stack page.
Services included in stack
| Stack service | Service | Versions | Enabled by default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nginx | Nginx (PHP) | 1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.25 | ||
| PHP | PHP | 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1 | ||
| SSHD | ||||
| MariaDB | MariaDB | 11.8, 11.4, 11.2 | ||
| Mailpit | Mailpit | 1.20 | ||
| Apache HTTP server | Apache HTTP server (PHP) | 2.4 | ||
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | 18 | ||
| Valkey | Valkey | 8.1, 7.2 | ||
| OpenSMTPD | OpenSMTPD | 7 | ||
| Gotenger | Gotenberg | 8 |
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See what our customers say about their experience with Wodby.
We moved our Drupal hosting to use Wodby and changed our development workflow to use Docker at the same time. Now we can concentrate on Drupal development and we're not losing time configuring servers etc. When a site needs additional resources or hosting in a different region we can be way more responsive as deploying a new instance takes no time at all.
Tony MillerDirector at Eighty Options
Wodby’s innovative infrastructure helped us to increase the speed and simplify our app deployment, while also leaving us the freedom of handling our hosting and not locking us on a specific pattern. We are now much more robust for future growth and will be able to innovate faster.
Martin Normann LundCTO at Ramsalt Lab
Wodby has proven to be an invaluable tool for Druid. It offers cost-effective solutions for our smaller customers, and its self-service dashboard empowers us to efficiently handle operations independently, reducing our reliance on support. We highly recommend Wodby for its user-friendly approach and cost-efficiency.
Marko KorhonenCTO at Druid
Frequently Asked Questions
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Comparing Wodby with alternatives
It depends on what you are optimizing for. Wodby is usually a stronger fit when you need complete application stacks, persistent workloads, integrated operations, and the flexibility to run on Wodby Cloud, your own managed Kubernetes, or dedicated servers with K3S.
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