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Servers
Graphs, services, power, PHP versions, disk space and what runs on a Gen2 server.
Servers
Graphs, services, power, PHP versions, disk space and what runs on a Gen2 server.
- Reading the server graphs: CPU, load, memory, disk and networkWhat each graph on the Graphs tab means, what normal looks like and the patterns that mean trouble.
- Services on the server and when to restart themnginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, Redis, Varnish and the rest: what each one does and what a restart fixes.
- Reboot, shut down and start a serverThe Power tab: when a reboot helps, what happens during it and why a shutdown is rarely what you want.
- PHP versions: install, choose and switch without downtimeWhich PHP versions a Gen2 server offers, how each application picks its own and how to switch safely.
- Activity and jobs: what happened on your serverEvery action in the console is logged with who did it, when and its full output. How to read it.
- Disk space: what uses it and how to free itWhere disk space goes on a store server, what is safe to delete and what you should never remove.
- When to move to a bigger serverThe signs in the graphs that a server is too small, and how a move to another size or line works.
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