Important points when working with hosting

1. Pay attention to hosting uptime

   Your website should be available 24/7, and you should be notified in case of availability issues.
   You can set up availability monitoring in different ways:
   • With the help of a hoster, if he provides a similar service;
   • Using a third-party online service;
   • Install a monitoring system at home or in the office.

2. Monitor the load

   Keep track of the load if you are hosting your website on a dedicated server or VPS.
   Control:
   • Load Average;
   • consumption of RAM;
   • working web services.
   This way, you can take action even before problems become critical.
   

3. Collect and analyze logs

   When analyzing logs, you will be able to track:
   • Slow database queries;
   • Errors that occur when working with the site;
   • How do search engines crawl your site;
   • Attempts to break in;
   • DDOS attacks.

4. Prepare in advance for

   You should have scripts for actions in case of problems:
   • What to do if your hosting is running out of resources?
   • What if the site is unavailable?
   • What to do in the event of a DDOS attack?
   • What to do if the site is hacked?
   • What to do if the hosting does not work?

5. Backups

   • Do not store on the same server.
   • Have backups in multiple locations.

6. Do not use default system configs

   The software is installed on the server with a default configuration file. These settings are responsible for the provisioning of resources for server services. By default, these settings are specified for a server with minimal resources. If you do not tune these settings, then your server will use only part of the available resources.