Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Sizing memory, CPU and disk Updated Markdown page
The memory, CPU and disk figures the Exponential repository actually states (PHP memory limits, Velocity workers, OPcache, APCu, SQLite page cache, MongoDB, disk health thresholds, log rotation), what grows on disk, and…
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SQLite for hosts Updated Markdown page
SQLite 3, the default database of Exponential, from a host's point of view: what the driver adds, the four files and their permissions, the shared settings, backups and restores without copying a live file, monitoring…
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What hosting Exponential involves Updated Markdown page
The parts a hosting company provides for an Exponential site (PHP for the web and the command line, a database, a web server or Velocity, cron, mail, writable storage, backups and TLS), what runs all the time, and the…
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Writable directories and permissions Updated Markdown page
Which directories of an Exponential installation must be writable and by whom, the one-user and one-group setups, the hardened file modes, settings files with secrets, Velocity's own files, and how to repair ownership…
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The hosting business: overview Updated Markdown page
The business pages for hosting companies: how to shape Exponential hosting plans, SLA and support options, billing options, marketing, partner programs, working with the project and 7x, and what the license means for a…
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Billing and metering options Updated Markdown page
Billing models a host can choose for Exponential hosting (flat, tiered, usage based, per site, per service) and what the server and Exponential can actually measure for each: disk, database size, requests, workers…
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Designing hosting plans Updated Markdown page
How to build Exponential hosting plans from technical building blocks: engine, database, storage, backups, caching, support and services; plan templates for shared, VPS, dedicated and managed offers, with limits taken…
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Licensing for hosts Updated Markdown page
What the GNU GPL v2 or later means for a hosting company: hosting customer sites, preinstalled images and one-click installers, changed code, extensions with other licenses, and copying this documentation. Plain words…
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Marketing Exponential hosting Updated Markdown page
How a host markets Exponential hosting truthfully: the facts you can use with their sources, claims you must not make, naming rules, the content of a landing page, and a launch checklist.
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Partner programs for hosts Updated Markdown page
How a hosting company relates to 7x, the Exponential Foundation and the community: what is documented today, what you can do without any agreement, where the Partners section of this help continues, and what never to…
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SLA options for Exponential hosting Updated Markdown page
The service level commitments a host can choose to offer for Exponential sites (availability, response, restore, updates, security fixes), what each depends on technically, how to measure it, and an SLA template with…
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Support tiers for Exponential hosting Updated Markdown page
Support levels a host can offer for Exponential sites, the line between hosting support and application support, severity definitions, what support staff should collect from a customer, and when to escalate to the…
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Working with the project and 7x Updated Markdown page
How a hosting company works with the Exponential project day to day: following releases, reporting bugs and security issues, contributing fixes upstream, sponsoring, and buying services from 7x when needed.
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Checklists for hosts: overview Updated Markdown page
Printable checklists for hosting companies that run Exponential sites: a new server, a customer site going live, monthly operations, a security review, and offboarding a customer.
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Customer offboarding checklist Updated Markdown page
What a host does when a customer leaves or moves their Exponential site elsewhere: a complete handover export, credentials, DNS, the final backup, deletion of data according to contract and law, and closing the records.
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Monthly operations checklist Updated Markdown page
What a host checks once a month for every Exponential site it operates: updates, backups and a restore sample, disk and logs, security log, cron runs, caches, certificates, accounts and a short report to the customer.
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Go-live checklist for a customer site Updated Markdown page
The checklist a host works through before a customer's Exponential site goes public: administrator password and accounts, settings, caches, HTTPS and headers, cron, mail, search, backups with a restore test, monitoring…
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New server checklist Updated Markdown page
A checklist for building a server that will host Exponential sites: operating system, PHP and extensions, php.ini, database, engine or web server, TLS, users and permissions, cron, mail, backups, monitoring and a test…
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Security review checklist Updated Markdown page
A security review a host runs for an Exponential site before go-live, after an incident and once a quarter: versions, accounts, settings, served files, headers and CSP, request logs, isolation, secrets, backups and the…
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Glossary for hosts Updated Markdown page
The terms used in the hosting section of the help, from siteaccess and VarDir to Velocity, response cache, kickstarter and request classifier, each with a one-line meaning and the page that explains it.