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  • First Steps
    • Platform Overview
      • Applications & Services
      • Naming
      • General Workflow
    • Installing the CLI
      • Installation Instructions
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Prerequisites
      • A Simple Example
      • Congratulations!
    • In-Depth Example
      • Dynamic App with Database
      • Build File with Two Services
      • Connecting the Database
      • Push Your Code
      • Set Up Your Database
      • Restart Your App
      • Try Your App
      • Deleting Services
    • How it Works
      • Background
      • The Code Store
      • The Builder
      • The Deployer
      • The Stack Runtime
  • Platform Guides
    • Applications Flavors
      • Sandbox
      • Live
      • Enterprise
      • Flavors Features Comparison
      • Checking the Cost of your Application
      • Legacy
    • Background Processes
      • Defining Daemons
      • Configuring The Environment
      • Exit Cleanly With Signals
      • Configure Logging
      • Launching Multiple “Workers”
      • Troubleshooting
      • Caveats
    • Build Hooks
      • Pre-Build
      • Post-Build
      • Post-Install
    • Consulting Logs
      • Streaming The Logs
      • Read The Archives
    • Configuring Nginx
      • Rewrite Rules
      • Restricting Access
      • Setting Up Error Pages
      • Maintenance Mode
      • Authentication
      • Increase HTTP POST Max Size
      • Combining Conditions
      • Caveats
      • Nginx Reference Documentation
    • Copy Files To and From Services
      • Download a Single Text File
      • Upload a Single Text File
      • Download Binary or Multiple Files
      • Upload Binary or Multiple Files
      • Generic SSH (scp, rsync...)
      • Connecting From a Service to Another
    • Build Files
      • Background
      • What’s in a Build File?
      • Specifying the Root Directory of a Service
      • Scaling a Service
      • Defining Environment Variable
    • Custom Domains
      • Adding a Custom Domain
      • Removing a Custom Domain
      • Naked Domains
      • SSL
    • Environment File
      • What is the Environment File?
      • Reading the Environment
      • Adding Environment Variables
      • Removing Environment Variables
      • YAML Format
    • Git and Mercurial
      • Automatic Mode Selection
      • Pushing Uncomitted Changes
      • Excluding Files From the Push
      • Omitting Code Directory
    • Handling Errors
      • What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
      • How Can I Intercept Errors?
    • Periodic Tasks
      • Using cron
      • Write Tasks In A Specific Language
      • Forward The Tasks Output
    • Persistent Data
    • S3FS Shared Filesystem
      • Requirements
      • System Packages
      • S3FS binary and helper script
      • Setup Supervisor
      • Configure S3FS
      • Custom Service
      • Troubleshooting
    • Scaling
      • Scaling Horizontally
      • Horizontal Scaling vs HA
      • Scaling Databases for HA
      • Scaling Vertically
      • Important Considerations
      • When to Scale Up or Down
    • Scheduling Backups
      • What Can I Backup?
      • Login to the Service
      • Copy the Backup Script
      • Choose Between FTP, SSH and S3
      • Do a Manual Test Backup
      • Schedule the Backup Script With a Crontab
    • Sending E-Mails
    • SSH Access
      • How to SSH to a Service
      • How to Run a Single Command
    • SSL
      • Piggyback SSL
      • Custom Domain SSL
      • Update or Deactivate Custom Domain SSL
      • Forcing SSL
    • Using Multiple DotCloud Accounts
    • WebSockets
      • Enable WebSockets Support
      • WebSocket over SSL
      • Technical Notes
  • Services
    • Java
      • Basic Use
      • Advanced Configuration
      • Java and Jetty Versions
      • Internals
    • MongoDB
      • Basics
      • Configure Your Application
      • Manage MongoDB Users and Databases
      • Replica Sets
      • Advanced Configuration
      • Troubleshooting
      • See Also
    • MySQL
      • Basics
      • Configure Your Application
      • Master/Slave
      • Additional
    • Node.Js
      • Basic Use
      • Node.js Versions
      • WebSockets
      • Node.js Workers
      • NPM Dependencies (with package.json)
      • Listen on Port 8080
      • Troubleshooting
      • Signal Handlers
    • Opa
    • Perl
      • Basic Use
      • Internals
      • Dependencies
      • Perl Versions
      • Cron Jobs
      • Custom uWSGI Configuration
      • Custom Nginx Configuration
    • Perl Worker
      • Basic Use
      • Perl Versions
      • Cron Jobs
      • Specify Perl Dependencies
    • PHP & PHP Worker
      • Basic Use
      • The PHP Stack
      • Layout of a PHP Instance
      • Running Background Processes and Periodic Tasks
      • Connect to the Services in your Stack
      • Installing Additional PHP Packages
      • Configuring PHP
      • Configuring Nginx
      • Configuring FastCGI
      • Caveats
      • See Also
    • PostgreSQL and PostGIS
      • Basics
      • Configure Your Application
    • Python
      • Basic Use
      • Internals
      • Adapting your application
      • Custom Nginx Configuration
      • Python Versions
      • Custom uWSGI Configuration
      • New Relic
      • Other documentations
    • Python worker
      • Basic Use
      • Specify Python dependencies
      • Python Versions
    • Redis
      • Basics
      • Configure Your Application
      • Redis CLI
    • Ruby
      • Basic Use
      • Internals
      • Adapting Your Application
      • Unsupported gems and how to exclude them
      • Using Specific Settings on your DotCloud Deployment
      • Use a specific version of Ruby
      • Running cron jobs
      • Custom Nginx Configuration
    • Ruby worker
      • Basic Use
      • Dependencies
      • Unsupported gems and how to exclude them
      • Running cron jobs
      • Use a specific version of Ruby
    • SMTP
      • Introduction
      • Deploying
      • Using Your New SMTP Service
      • Troubleshooting
      • Receiving Mails
    • Solr
      • Basic Setup
      • Custom Configuration
    • Static
      • Basic Use
      • Maintenance Page
  • Tutorials
    • Java
      • Play!
    • PHP
      • PHP Hello World
      • CakePHP
      • Drupal
      • New Relic
      • PHP-Resque
      • Symfony
    • Python
      • Django
      • Django and Celery
      • Django and MongoDB
      • GeoDjango
      • MobWrite
    • Ruby
      • Thin
      • Unicorn
    • More
      • CloudAMQP
      • MemCachier
      • New Relic Server Monitoring
      • Server Density
      • Twilio
      • phpMyAdmin
      • Import Existing MySQL Databases
  • Migrations
    • RabbitMQ
      • Prices
      • Documentation
      • Sign up and Setup
      • Migration Steps
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    • How do you handle upgrades?
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    • How can I use SSL with DotCloud?
    • How can I setup a crontab?

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First Steps¶

  • Platform Overview
    • Applications & Services
    • Naming
    • General Workflow
  • Installing the CLI
    • Installation Instructions
  • Quick Start Guide
    • Prerequisites
    • A Simple Example
    • Congratulations!
  • In-Depth Example
    • Dynamic App with Database
    • Build File with Two Services
    • Connecting the Database
    • Push Your Code
    • Set Up Your Database
    • Restart Your App
    • Try Your App
    • Deleting Services
  • How it Works
    • Background
    • The Code Store
    • The Builder
    • The Deployer
    • The Stack Runtime
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