Linux server management for e-commerce
The machines under it all: cPanel/WHM, Proxmox, Debian/Ubuntu, KVM/LXC, database tuning, backups and monitoring. Built, secured, and kept running, not just deployed and forgotten.
- Setup & hardening
- Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS, cPanel/WHM or Proxmox, KVM/LXC: provisioned, secured and documented.
- Performance tuning
- PHP-FPM, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, web server and OS tuned for real e-commerce load.
- Backups that work
- Automated, off-site, and actually restore-tested, not a cron job nobody ever verified.
- Monitoring & alerting
- Uptime, resources and services watched, so problems are caught early, not reported by users.
- Security & updates
- Patching, firewall, TLS, access control and incident response: kept current, not left to rot.
- Migrations & scaling
- Server-to-server moves and capacity changes done cleanly, with minimal downtime.
Most developers stop at the code. I don’t: I’ve run the infrastructure under production shops for over fifteen years, and I lead operations for a hosting platform. That means I understand the part that actually keeps a business online: what happens at 2am when something breaks.
I build servers to be fast, secure and observable, and I keep them that way: backups that are tested, monitoring that warns you before customers do, and a person who answers when it matters. If you’d rather not think about your server, that’s the point.
Questions, answered
Do you offer ongoing management or one-off work?
Both. Many clients keep me on a monthly arrangement for backups, monitoring, updates and a reliable hand when something breaks: others bring me in for a specific setup, migration or fix.
Can you manage a server you didn’t build?
Yes. I start with an audit (security, backups, performance, what’s fragile), then stabilize it and take over from there.
cPanel/WHM, Proxmox, plain Linux: which do you work with?
All of them, plus Docker and KVM/LXC virtualization. I’ll work with what you have rather than forcing a stack change.
Related work
Tell me what’s not working, or not talking to what.
New build, a system that needs rescuing, an integration, EU compliance (withdrawal button, GPSR, accessibility). One developer who builds it and stays to run it. I reply within one business day.
Prefer email?
luca@cavallini.net