Stacks/PHP/Services

PHP stack services

This page shows the capabilities provided by the services in the PHP stack and the connections, configs, settings, cron schedules, actions, volumes, backups, imports, and other customizations attached to them for this specific stack.

Stack serviceBase serviceVersionsRole
Nginx (PHP)1.29, 1.28, 1.27, 1.25Primary
PHP8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1Required
MariaDB11.8, 11.4, 11.2Enabled by default
Mailpit1.20Enabled by default
Apache HTTP server (PHP)2.4Disabled by default
PostgreSQL18Disabled by default
Valkey8.1, 7.2Disabled by default
OpenSMTPD7Disabled by default
Gotenberg8Disabled by default
  • Additional services can be added or removed.
  • When one of the services in the stack updates, the stack can be upgraded to a new revision.
  • Stack changes can then be rolled out to environments on your schedule.

Backups

Protect service data with repeatable backup workflows that stay attached to the stack.

MariaDB
Default database backup
PostgreSQL
Default database backup

Imports and migration

Bring working data into another environment or onboard existing workloads faster with stack-defined import flows.

MariaDB
Database import
Import from a backup archive, uploaded file, or public URL depending on the service workflow.
PostgreSQL
Database import
Import from a backup archive, uploaded file, or public URL depending on the service workflow.

Configs

Keep service config files versioned with the stack instead of rebuilding them per environment.

Nginx
Main
Nginx
Virtual host
Apache HTTP server
Virtual host
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL config

Settings

Tune service behavior per environment while keeping one reusable stack baseline.

Nginx
Nginx docroot
Default value: public.
Apache HTTP server
HTTPd docroot

Actions

Keep one-off and lifecycle commands with the service instead of relying on manual runbooks.

MariaDB
Run mysql-upgrade
Trigger: post upgrade.
MariaDB
Run mysql-check on current database
Trigger: post upgrade.
MariaDB
Run mysql-check on system database
Trigger: post upgrade.

Volumes

Provision the persistent storage and shared volume relationships the stack expects.

Size: 10 GB.
Optional.
Size: 10 GB.
Valkey
Data
Optional.
Optional.