User Portal Options

I see an option to put my instance to “sleep mode”, what does it mean?

This is a cost-saving option for non-production instances. We will minimize its resources to a minimum of $1 / day, while in sleep. It will recover automatically within 1 to 3 minutes if the website or admin panel is opened. Sleep mode can be turned on or off. If it is turned on the instance will automatically go into sleep mode after 24 hours of inactivity.

Refer to the Sleep mode documentation to learn more.

I see an option to create a new instance, what does it mean?

When you sign up, you get your first production instance running in production mode, but usually, you want to have an extra one for UAT purposes or as a DEV server for your agency or team. Such a setup ensures that you can test the features on a similar infrastructure before accepting them to be deployed on the production server.

What do the options “production mode” and “default mode” mean, when creating instances?

Magento has optimized caching and indexing in production mode to ensure better performance, so this is the setting you want to keep for production instances or when testing for production.

Default mode runs without production mode optimization.

There is also developer mode that is only used for local setups and is not offered on the ReadyMage cloud instances.

I see I can change CPU, RAM, and media volume size for my project in the owner's panel, why should I do it?

While there is autoscaling in place, some stores may need to have a minimum size of the server being larger for example due to a large number of SKUs, stores, or attributes as well as bad coding practices. Even though these are simple sliders, we recommend using these settings by a person experienced in server-side resourcing or by on-demand consulting with our support team, who will recommend you the best setup based on your catalog size, code quality, and traffic.

I see the Composer Authentification field, why do I need it?

You may need it if you run Magento Commerce edition to access a private repository or to access any private package repository, where you store your code. Configuring Composer Authentication allows code from these private repositories to your instance.