Loopia Boost is a high-performance hosting platform similar to our popular UNIX platform. It is the ideal choice if you run a slightly larger website, or if you need even faster loading times than the UNIX platform can offer. Customers who have tested Loopia Boost report significantly improved performance with impressively fast loading times.
How do I move to the Boost platform?
Loopia Boost is included in the Business Plus hosting package. To activate Boost for a website, follow the steps below:
- Log in to Loopia Customer zone and click the domain name for the website you want to move to Boost.
- Under Configuration, select Website with Loopia > Unix and then Boost, PHP 7.3.
- Click Save.
If the Boost, PHP 7.3 option does not appear, you most likely do not have a Business Plus hosting package. Upgrade your account from the upper right corner inside Loopia Customer zone first.
Good to know
- The email feature without authentication is turned off on the platform. To send email from a website on Boost, follow this guide.
- Perl and Python do not work on the platform.
- Currently only PHP 7.3 is available on the platform.
- .htaccess files do not work on the platform. See below for how to configure your site instead.
- You can switch back to the standard UNIX platform from Loopia Customer zone at any time. Switching between platforms takes only a few seconds and usually happens without any visible downtime.
New features
The Boost platform introduces several new features. Most notably, it offers various caching solutions that help websites load extremely fast and handle high traffic peaks.
Page cache
The page cache (full-page caching) stores PHP-generated pages as if they were static files. This provides extremely fast loading times and is recommended for pages where the content is the same for all visitors and for sites that can expect high traffic peaks. The cache is disabled by default and must be activated manually. Read more here.
Code cache
The code cache (OPcache) caches the site’s compiled PHP code, which makes most page loads significantly faster. The cache is enabled by default and you do not need to do anything for it to work. Read more here.
Object cache
The object cache (Redis) is mainly used to cache responses from the database that your site queries and is recommended for sites with many database queries that return the same responses. The cache is disabled by default and must be activated manually. Read more here.
Settings
Because .htaccess does not work on the platform, settings that were previously made in that file need to be configured differently. Our plan is to provide setting options in Loopia Customer zone that suit most sites. There will of course be special cases that require settings we cannot offer this way, but in those cases our standard UNIX platform works as before.
If you use WordPress, we have collected information about the platform here.
Below are the settings that can currently be made on the platform. If something you need is missing, please contact us.
Settings you can make yourself in Loopia Customer zone:
- Password-protect directories on the site
- Add your own error pages
Settings we can make for you:
- Basic settings based on site type (WordPress, WordPress Multisite, Joomla). This change is usually not required for the site to work, but can help improve security and performance.
- Page cache – enable or disable (default).
- Code cache – enable (default) or disable.
- Object cache – enable or disable (default).
auto_prepend_filein PHP. Enter a path.- CORS. Enter directory and origin.
- Rewrites. Enter a regex (matched against the part after the hostname), a replacement string and a type (internal redirect, 301 or 302).
Contact
If something is not working properly on the platform, or you have suggestions for improvement, contact us at support@loopia.com. Use the same address if you want us to make any of the configuration changes above on your site.