Cloudways Staging gives you an isolated environment where you can test new code, plugins, themes without breaking your live site. Creating a staging site will create a copy of your live site. Once you are ready, you can push selective or complete changes to your live site with the push of a button. You can also pull from the live site to update your staging site in order to sync it before working on it.
Create a Staging EnvironmentYou can set up a staging environment in a few minutes.
Staging Management provide you the following benefits
Password Protected SitesBy default, htpasswd is enabled on your staging environment for maximum security. You have the option to disable the staging’s password protection.
SSH and SFTP AccessNo more manually copying changes from a test server to production. Effortlessly transfer changes between your live site and staging with a single click.
Granular ControlsHave precise control over the content and updates you want to transfer from staging to your live sites. Choose to transfer only files, only the database, or both.
SSL-Enabled StagingSSL certificates are pre-installed on all staging applications. You can use Let’s Encrypt certificate or your custom SSL certificate.
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Staging Management
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Cloudways Staging gives you an isolated environment where you can test new code, plugins, themes without breaking your live site. Creating a staging site will create a copy of your live site. Once you are ready, you can push selective or complete changes to your live site with the push of a button. You can also pull from the live site to update your staging site in order to sync it before working on it.
Create a Staging EnvironmentYou can set up a staging environment in a few minutes.
Staging Management provide you the following benefits
Password Protected SitesBy default, htpasswd is enabled on your staging environment for maximum security. You have the option to disable the staging’s password protection.
SSH and SFTP AccessNo more manually copying changes from a test server to production. Effortlessly transfer changes between your live site and staging with a single click.
Granular ControlsHave precise control over the content and updates you want to transfer from staging to your live sites. Choose to transfer only files, only the database, or both.
SSL-Enabled StagingSSL certificates are pre-installed on all staging applications. You can use Let’s Encrypt certificate or your custom SSL certificate.
Select a Server to Staging the Application
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CLOUDWAYSmy-server › my-app › Staging Management
Staging Management
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Cloudways Staging gives you an isolated environment where you can test new code, plugins, themes without breaking your live site. Creating a staging site will create a copy of your live site. Once you are ready, you can push selective or complete changes to your live site with the push of a button. You can also pull from the live site to update your staging site in order to sync it before working on it.
Create a Staging EnvironmentYou can set up a staging environment in a few minutes.
Staging Management provide you the following benefits
Password Protected SitesBy default, htpasswd is enabled on your staging environment for maximum security. You have the option to disable the staging’s password protection.
SSH and SFTP AccessNo more manually copying changes from a test server to production. Effortlessly transfer changes between your live site and staging with a single click.
Granular ControlsHave precise control over the content and updates you want to transfer from staging to your live sites. Choose to transfer only files, only the database, or both.
SSL-Enabled StagingSSL certificates are pre-installed on all staging applications. You can use Let’s Encrypt certificate or your custom SSL certificate.
Select a Server to Staging the Application
my-server (same server)Database: MariaDB 10.11▾
ⓘYou are cloning an app that uses a different PHP version onto a smaller server. When multiple PHP versions are enabled per app, we recommend a server of 4 GB or higher for the best performance.
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Manage the Staging environment for your applications
Copy Data from Staging to LiveYou can pull the changes you made on Staging application to the Live application.
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Copy Data from Live to StagingYou can push the changes of the Live application to Staging application.
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Deployment LogsYou can view the deployment logs for all the Push and Pull requests.View LogsTo restore your application to a previous state, please use the Backup and Restore feature.
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Staging Management
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Manage the Staging environment for your applications
Copy Data from Staging to LiveYou can pull the changes you made on Staging application to the Live application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Copy Data from Live to StagingYou can push the changes of the Live application to Staging application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Deployment LogsYou can view the deployment logs for all the Push and Pull requests.View LogsTo restore your application to a previous state, please use the Backup and Restore feature.
Copy from Staging to Live
This process will copy the changes from Staging Application to the Live Application.
Do you want to backup your Live Application before moving data from Staging? This may take a while.
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CLOUDWAYSmy-server › my-app › Staging Management
Staging Management
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Manage the Staging environment for your applications
Copy Data from Staging to LiveYou can pull the changes you made on Staging application to the Live application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Copy Data from Live to StagingYou can push the changes of the Live application to Staging application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Deployment LogsYou can view the deployment logs for all the Push and Pull requests.View LogsTo restore your application to a previous state, please use the Backup and Restore feature.
Copy from Staging to Live
This process will copy the changes from Staging Application to the Live Application.
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Do you want to backup your Live Application before moving data from Staging? This may take a while.
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CLOUDWAYSmy-server › my-app › Staging Management
Staging Management
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Manage the Staging environment for your applications
Copy Data from Staging to LiveYou can pull the changes you made on Staging application to the Live application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Copy Data from Live to StagingYou can push the changes of the Live application to Staging application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Deployment LogsYou can view the deployment logs for all the Push and Pull requests.View LogsTo restore your application to a previous state, please use the Backup and Restore feature.
unified.cloudways.com/apps/…/staging
CLOUDWAYSmy-server › my-app › Staging Management
Staging Management
Need Help ⓘ
Manage the Staging environment for your applications
Copy Data from Staging to LiveYou can pull the changes you made on Staging application to the Live application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Copy Data from Live to StagingYou can push the changes of the Live application to Staging application.
Staging-my-app ▾
Deployment LogsYou can view the deployment logs for all the Push and Pull requests.View LogsTo restore your application to a previous state, please use the Backup and Restore feature.
Copy from Live to Staging.
This process will copy the changes from Live Application to the Staging Application.