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Migration acceptance checklist
A reusable acceptance checklist covering data, business journeys, cutover, recovery and the handover to managed operations.
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From preview to production
An annotated release workflow with a named owner, concrete checks and a clear result at every stage.
Use the resourceHosting & migrations
Back to topicsHosting and migration
PHP hosting outage? Plan your move.
A practical route out of a PHP hosting outage, with migration to Intercube, application testing and engineers responsible for runtime maintenance.
6 min readManaged hosting
What managed hosting takes off your team’s plate
A practical framework for comparing managed hosting providers by responsibilities, operating depth and the control your developers retain.
8 min readHosting decisions
Managed hosting versus a VPS
A responsibility-based comparison of managed hosting and self-managed virtual servers for teams running important web applications.
8 min readMigration
Plan a controlled hosting migration
A practical sequence for discovering, rehearsing and executing a production application migration without relying on last-minute improvisation.
10 min readAgency hosting
Managed hosting for agencies
How agencies can structure hosting, deployments, access and infrastructure support without turning every developer into a server administrator.
8 min readReliability
Support SLAs, backups and recovery
The practical questions behind support SLAs, incident response, backups and application recovery for production hosting.
9 min readMagento & commerce
Back to topicsMagento upgrades
Plan the Magento 2.4.9 upgrade
How Magento 2.4.9 changes the infrastructure below a store, which dependencies need rehearsal and when the upgrade should become a managed hosting project.
9 min readMagento hosting
What Magento hosting needs in production
A production-focused review of the architecture, release process and operational disciplines that matter for Magento and Adobe Commerce hosting.
10 min readMagento developer access
Temporary access for Magento developers
How to organise Magento extension support with preview environments, staging, individual SSH keys, expiration dates and a reviewed production release.
6 min readAdobe Commerce lifecycle
When Adobe Commerce support ends
How to connect Adobe Commerce support dates to dependency upgrades, deployment rehearsals and a controlled hosting migration.
9 min readDeployments & staging
Back to topicsWordPress upgrades and staging
WordPress 7.2: prepare your staging site
Use the WordPress 7.2 beta cycle to test the actual website in staging, with a hosting team that supports the environment and the eventual production release.
5 min readDeployments
Automated deployments for production
How to design an automated deployment workflow that connects repository changes, build steps, environment configuration and production operations.
8 min readRelease performance
Connect releases to real-user performance
A new Intercube integration adds successful Pipeline deployments to RUMvision, so release timing and real-user performance can be reviewed together.
6 min readDeployment pipeline security
GitHub Actions cache permissions
A practical guide to GitHub Actions cache-mode, secure defaults for untrusted events and the workflow review needed before changing cache permissions.
8 min readSecurity & maintenance
Back to topicsNode.js hosting and maintenance
Node.js security updates: October 2026
What the October Node.js security update means for running applications, build environments and teams that want runtime maintenance handled by their hosting partner.
5 min readManaged PHP hosting
PHP2Shell patched in 20 minutes
Every server patched within 20 minutes of release, with applications online throughout Intercube’s PHP2Shell response, including the earlier precautions.
3 min readPHP security and managed hosting
PHP2Shell: Intercube’s hosting response
The background to PHP2Shell, the precaution Intercube has already applied and the value of a hosting partner who carries out the runtime response.
5 min readMagento security
BlockStrap protection for Magento
How Intercube’s opt-in Magento firewall rule combines BlockStrap input filtering, email validation and a managed route to tested application patches.
6 min readMagento security
Patch Magento for APSB26-153
Which Magento versions APSB26-153 affects, how the October isolated patch sequence works and what a responsible production rollout must verify.
9 min readWordPress security
WordPress 7.1.3 needs a clear owner
Use the WordPress 7.1.3 security release to assess patch ownership, recovery and whether the site still belongs on self-managed hosting.
8 min readMagento security operations
Monthly Magento security patches
What Adobe's monthly isolated security patch policy changes for Magento maintenance, deployment planning and operational ownership.
8 min readMagento security
StyleSmuggler Magento zero-day
What StyleSmuggler means for Magento operators, how Intercube limited exposure and how Adobe's separate hotfix fits the complete response.
9 min readCloud & AWS
Back to topicsCloud operations
When the cloud API blocks operations
What the Hetzner Cloud API incident shows about provider dependency, recovery actions and the difference between renting cloud capacity and managed hosting.
8 min readManaged AWS databases
RDS Extended Support is a bridge
What the latest RDS PostgreSQL Extended Support releases cover and how to turn the extra time into a controlled upgrade.
8 min readManaged AWS migration
Replace AWS App Mesh after end of support
What the AWS App Mesh deadline means, how the replacement options differ and how to migrate without treating production traffic as the test plan.
8 min readAWS identity operations
AWS root sign-in monitoring
What AWS regional root sign-in changes for CloudTrail, security alerts and the operational baseline of managed AWS accounts.
7 min readTLS and edge infrastructure
Cloudflare Automatic Key Exchange
A practical explanation of Cloudflare Automatic Key Exchange, the origin requirements behind it and the checks that keep TLS changes controlled.
8 min readAWS platform lifecycle
Amazon Linux 2027 preview
What application teams should validate in the Amazon Linux 2027 preview before its secure defaults and platform changes reach a future production baseline.
8 min readManaged AWS
When managed AWS makes sense
A grounded decision framework for teams considering AWS without wanting to build every cloud engineering capability internally.
8 min readApply the guidance to your architecture.
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