Magento 2 Beginner Class; Lesson #2: Selecting The Magento Right Host Video Lecture | Magento: Build an E-Commerce Site (English)

selecting the right host for your
Magento site is very important even if
you plan on using shared hosting which
is popular and often more economically
feasible for small websites as you
probably know there are many options out
there for shared hosting with Magento I
highly recommend you find a host that
has packages specifically designed for
the platform this is even more important
than it is for content based platforms
like WordPress and Drupal where it often
doesn't matter if you have say Drupal
focused hosting if your site isn't
particularly large with Magento it is
important to find the host with a deep
understanding of Magento specifically
even if you're running a small site we
will be using Nexus for this tutorial
next s provides a number of packages
specifically designed for Magento users
there are a few reasons I make this
recommendation to use a host
specifically focused on Magento first
it's always important to have top-notch
security on e-commerce platforms so
since that's what Magento is you want to
host two servers are configured
specifically for this type of site with
all relevant security measures in place
server side and if there's ever a
critical security vulnerability
discovered in some cases the hosts
themselves can configure their servers
to mitigate the damage a hacker might
cause so you're often safe even if
you're unable to make your own changes
or run your own updates right away
second similar to the security concerns
you want a host that keeps adequate
backups of the site's on its servers in
case some catastrophe happens or there's
an actual security breach although I
should note that you should always
always always keep backups of your own
as well many generic hosts do keep
backups for their clients but these are
not always entirely reliable again when
you're running an e-commerce site it's
extremely important that no data is lost
ever so with a Magento focused host
you'll be better protected in the case
of data loss Nexus for instance keeps
backups on external
servers and in your control panel if you
go to the file manager here at I works
backup you have direct access to daily
local backups finally Magento is a
particularly complex platform
aside from troubleshooting issues on
your site even when installing you may
come across some problems that are
difficult to figure out and that are
often related to server configuration
rather than an actual mistake made
during installation in excesses case you
get 24 hour technical support through
email or phone from people who are
familiar with Magento specifically and
you also get a fresh Magento
installation upon signing up for a
hosting package so you don't have to
worry about going through installation
yourself
don't worry though we will cover the
manual installation process for those of
you using a host that doesn't offer that
feature while we're on the topic I want
to point out a few other benefits of
nexus is hosting specifically your
server will be optimized for whatever
service you sign up for with an excess
here you can see some of the hardware
specs these are specifically tailored
for Magento users Nexus also has chrome
settings automatically configured and
optimized for Magento sites when you
sign up for Magento package cron
configuration is extremely important on
Magento sites and it can be difficult to
set up on your own especially if you're
not well-versed in manually configuring
cron or maybe you don't even know what
cron is with Nexus shared hosting for
Magento with the most basic package your
site is also housed on the server with
only 29 other accounts total of 30 which
is far less than regular shared hosting
and this will help with your site's
performance and security finally Nexus
houses well over 40,000 Magento based
clients so they do have a lot of
experience with Magento and Magento
users once again whatever host you do
end up using I just want to stress that
if you're running a Magento site no
matter how large or small and regardless
of whether you're using the open source
gentle community edition or the paid
Magento Enterprise Edition it's really
recommended to use a host that knows
Magento well and that offers hosting
packages designed from agentive users