CloudLinux OS is perfectly suited to Magento. It is used to control resource usage by isolating each Magento customer into a secure environment called a “Lightweight Virtual Environment” (LVE). This allocates, limits and partitions server resources (like memory, CPU, IO, processes, MySQL and concurrent connections) for each Magento storefront.

If any single Magento is using an unfair amount of resources, a standard shared hosting server would become slow or go down completely, affecting all other Magento customers on the server. With CloudLinux, the impact is isolated to the offending Magento site only, while all other sites would remain unaffected.

Isolated File System

CageFS is a virtualized per-user file system that uniquely encapsulates each customer, preventing them from seeing other users and potentially exploiting sensitive information. Users can only see or access their own files and running processes. This provides complete isolation and prevents a large number of attacks, such as privilege escalation and information disclosure.

PHP Selector, with HardenedPHP

Depending on your Magento version, you may require a custom version of PHP (including modules). With PHP Selector, you have the flexibility to choose any PHP version to suit (including PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 7.*). And you can customise PHP settings where necessary. HardenedPHP in CloudLinux OS ensures that any old and unsupported versions of PHP (that are no longer by the PHP.net community) are patched against known vulnerabilities (including the widely used 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6).

Applies to Mage Lite & Mage Plus Magento Optimised Hosting plans