Managing your environment effectively starts with understanding the key details available in the Admin Panel. Each environment offers a comprehensive overview of essential information, including SFTP/SSH login credentials, PHP settings, domain configurations, caching options, and more. This article will guide you through each section, helping you make the most of the available options and settings to get started, quickly.
Environment Configuration
The environment configuration provides information about which domain is connected to your environment. Additionally, you’ll see information about the Cache settings, PHP version, PHP memory limit, Git, Internal URL and the API Key this environment uses.
Domains/Hostnames
The Domains/Hostnames added to your environment will be displayed in this section. Clicking the “Domains/Hostnames” menu item will provide you with a full list of Domains/Hostnames added to your environment. A paid Bolt Plan is required to add Domains/Hostnames to your environment.
Cache Settings
The cache setting will inform you about what cache setting your environment has enabled. By default, the “static” setting will be applied. Clicking the “Cache setting” button will allow you to change your site’s cache settings and allow for cache purge/clearing.
PHP Version
This displays the current PHP version that your environment is using. If you want to change the PHP version for your environment, you can easily do so with the click of a button from your environment’s PHP settings.
PHP Memory Limit
The PHP Memory Limit section shows how much PHP memory has been set for the given environment. The PHP Memory Limit can be upped or lowered on the PHP settings page for your environment.
Git
The Git section will provide you with information about how you have set up Git for your environment.
Internal URL
Each environment comes with an Internal URL. This is your unique environment URL, or, as we like to call it, the Internal domain for your environment. It is the domain you can use to reach the site should you, for example, not have a custom domain to use.
API Key
Clicking the “Manage” button will provide you with the API key for this environment. You can use this API key to interact with the Servebolt API.
Login Information
Bolt Internal Name
The Bolt Internal Name provides a unique name and ID for your Bolt. All environments under the same Bolt will share the same Bolt name and ID.
SFTP/SSH Username
This is your environment’s username. You use it to tell where on the Bolt you want to log in using SSH or SFTP.
Hostname
This section provides information about the Bolt’s server hostname. The hostname can be used when pointing your domain’s DNS to Servebolt with a CNAME record.
Port
This is the port to use when logging into your environment over SSH. 22 is the default port for SSH, so you usually don’t need to specify this when logging in.
Reset SSH Password
In this section, you’ll be able to change the SSH / SFTP password for your environment.
The second field, where it says “Connect Securely via SSH” is the full command used for logging onto the environment over SSH, providing the SSH port, username and hostname. Example: ssh -p 22 [email protected]
DNS Setup Information
IPv4 / A
This is the IPv4 Address for your Bolt. When going live, you can point your domain’s DNS to the shown IP with an A record.
IPv6 / AAAA
This is the IPv6 Address for your Bolt. When going live, you can point your domain’s DNS to the shown IP with an AAAA record.
CNAME
This is the CNAME value for your Bolt. When going live, you can point your domain’s DNS to the shown CNAME value with a CNAME record.
That’s the gist of the environment information available in the Admin Panel of Servebolt. If you’d like to know additional information about your environment, such as the home_dir, public_dir, private_dir, and API key, check out this article.
