Dedicated Moodle Hosting

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Moodle HostingDedicated Moodle Application Hosting

Only £90+VAT per month*

Pipe Ten’s fully managed Moodle application hosting is the combination of compute, storage and network resources into an operating system instance with software stack specifically optimised for the hosting of a Moodle application.

The dedicated Moodle application hosting instances are designed for the hosting of a single Moodle application/website with the highest levels of compliance, security and support being PCI DSS compliant and ISO/IEC 27001 certified.

 

Domains
Memory
Processor
Storage
Data Transfer
Location
Moodle Instance
No. of sites: 1
Memory: 8GB
Processor: 4 x vCPU
Storage: 100GB
Data Transfer: 2TB
per month
Location: UK
£90 *a month

*Based on a 12 month contract. Increased resources are available.

 

Dedicated & Private

  • Dedicated Application
    Designed for single Moodle application instance specially optimised for performance, reliability and support.
  • Dedicated Resources
    Dedicated compute resources ensure consistent availability and performance for your Moodle website.
  • Private Storage
    Only the fastest and safest storage for your web server, database and log data; no sharing storage instances other users.
  • Private Compliance
    The overall dedicated & private nature of our instances makes security, audit and compliance easy.

Managed

  • Fully Managed Support
    Our passionate Moodle specialists are ready to assist your migration and support your ongoing success.
  • Fully Managed Engineering
    Our engineers work 24/365 in the background to ensure everything is available, patched, secured and optimised.
  • Fully Managed Moodle We draw the line at design and copy writing, but we will ensure everything else is working as it should be.

Software

  • Moodle
    A single Moodle instance in any location under your hostname (eg. / or /blog/ or /news/).
  • PHP
    Optimised for Moodle and maintained by Pipe Ten, PHP included OPcache, long max_execution and 1GB memory_limit.
  • Apache
    The most popular web server Apache has been chosen for its performance, flexibility and importantly .htaccess configuration support.
  • MariaDB
    The popular Open Source derivative of the MySQL database server to power the backend of your websites.
  • Redis
    Caching database queries to serve to visitors, rather than querying the database for every visitor.
  • Memcached
    Memcached is a distributed memory caching system. It reduces the load by storing data in dynamic memory
  • Ubuntu
    One of the most popular OS used by developers worldwide including Moodle is the best base for your websites software.

Performance

  • Caching
    Varnish caches website assets in memory and OPcache caches code assets in memory, improving performance and scaling.
  • Dedicated Resources
    Dedicated compute resources ensure consistent availability and performance for your Moodle website.
  • Scaling
    Caching, Optimisation and Dedicated Resources all help minimise the need to make future changes when scaling traffic or users.
  • Monitoring & Response
    • Moodle: Internal parameters monitored every 5 minutes, engineers alerted to investigate any sub-optimal performance on trigger.
    • Website: Response times and availability checked every 5 minutes, engineers alerted to investigate should this fall below agreed standards.
    • Instance: Dozens of underlying operating system values are monitored every 1 to 15 minutes to ensure availability and sufficient resources.

Instance Specification

  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Memory: 4GB RAM (1GB max per request)
  • Processor: 2x virtual CPU cores
  • Storage: 50GB (code, database, local backups, logs) & OS
  • Data Transfer: 1TB monthly combined egress/ingress

Security

  • PCI DSS & ISO 27001 Compliance
    ISO 27001 certified and operating to PCI DSS Service Provider Level 2 standards.
  • SSL
    Open source secure certificates to protect communication between customer.
  • Anti-Virus
    Open source anti-virus provides daily scans of uploaded contents.
  • Firewalling
    Zero Trust model with both inbound and outbound firewalling allowing only trusted communications.
  • Web Application Firewall
    Open source protection against common exploits such as SQL Injection and XSS.
  • Brute Force Protection
    Open source protection against brute force attacks of Moodle users/logins and spidering.
  • Vulnerability Scanning
    Basic daily network vulnerability scanning.
  • Logging
    All log files retained locally for 90 days allowing for the easy evaluation of performance and debugging.

Backups

  • File & Database Backups
    4 hourly local file and database backups; provides rollback from minor issues such as developer or update failure.
  • Disaster Recovery
    Daily remote file and db backup, retained 3 days; provides restore following more severe issues (50GB limit).

Other

  • Access
    You can access the underlying code, databases and instance files using:

    • Moodle: Many customers do not need access beyond Moodle and these credentials are provided at signup.
    • Tools: Supporting file and database tools are provided by default using the credentials provided at signup, useful for Moodle debugging.
    • User SSH/SCP: Connect (on request) to your instance with local client, to perform user level actions such as bulk uploads or backups/restores.
    • Root SSH/SCP: Connect (on request) to your instance as administrator, to audit configuration or specification.
  • Tools
    File management (TinyFileManager) and Database management (Adminer) tools included and updated by Pipe Ten.
  • Outbound Email
    Inclusive local SMTP for admin and user website emails, strictly NOT for marketing purposes.
  • Flexible Storage
    Included RAID1 NVMe SSD storage used to store your web, database, local backups and logs files.

Addons/Upgrades

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Domains
Memory
Processor
Storage
Data Transfer
Location
Moodle Instance
No. of sites: 1
Memory: 8GB
Processor: 4 x vCPU
Storage: 100GB
Data Transfer: 2TB
per month
Location: UK
£90 *a month

*Based on a 12 month contract. Increased resources are available.