# Simplewala

> Cloud hosting platform. Deploy servers, apps, databases, and email on your own infrastructure.

Simplewala is a managed cloud hosting platform built on DigitalOcean. It provisions production-ready cloud servers in 90 seconds with Docker, nginx, firewall, SSL, and monitoring preconfigured. Users deploy WordPress, Node.js, Python, PHP, databases, email, and Docker containers through a web portal without DevOps expertise.

## Core capabilities

- **Server provisioning**: Dedicated VMs on DigitalOcean. Multiple regions (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific). Full root SSH access. Servers hardened automatically with UFW, fail2ban, and unattended-upgrades.
- **Application deployment**: WordPress (one-click), runtime apps (Node.js, Python, PHP, .NET, Java, Go, Ruby), Docker containers, static sites. Git push-to-deploy via infrastructure domain.
- **Databases**: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, Memcached. One-click install. Persistent block storage. Optional remote TCP access.
- **Email hosting**: Postfix + Dovecot (Postdove) with DKIM, SPF, DMARC. Roundcube webmail. DNS configuration guidance in portal.
- **Networking**: Nginx reverse proxy (Front Door) with auto SSL (Let's Encrypt), hostname routing, path routing, TCP database tunnels. Load balancer support.
- **Security**: UFW firewall, fail2ban, SSH key auth, container isolation, nginx security headers. All enabled by default.
- **Monitoring**: Per-container CPU/memory/network/disk metrics. Per-domain request stats. Optional VictoriaMetrics + VictoriaLogs observability stack.
- **Storage**: Persistent block storage volumes. Automated backups with one-click restore. FTP/SFTP access. In-portal file browser.
- **Developer tools**: Platform secrets, Git deployments, REST API (OpenAPI spec at /openapi.json), private container registry.

## Architecture

- Platform runs on Azure App Service (control plane)
- Customer servers are DigitalOcean VMs managed via SSH
- All apps run in Docker containers with resource limits
- Nginx Front Door handles all HTTP/TCP traffic and SSL termination
- Infrastructure domain provides unified access: registry (/v2/), git (/_git/), webmail (/_mail/), observability (/_obs/)

## Pricing

Pay-as-you-go. No fixed tiers or per-seat fees. All features included at every server size. Servers from ~$7/mo.

## Links

- Website: https://simplewala.com
- Portal: https://simplewala.cloud
- Features: https://simplewala.com/features
- Pricing: https://simplewala.com/pricing
- Documentation: https://simplewala.com/docs/getting-started
- API reference: https://simplewala.com/docs/api/overview
- Blog: https://simplewala.com/blog
- Contact: https://simplewala.com/contact

## Use cases

- WordPress hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/wordpress-hosting
- VPS hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/vps-server-hosting
- Email hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/email-hosting
- Database hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/database-hosting
- Node.js hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/nodejs-hosting
- Docker hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/docker-hosting
- Static site hosting: https://simplewala.com/use-cases/static-site-hosting
- Migration guide: https://simplewala.com/migrate

## Technical details

- Backend: Express.js, TypeScript, Node.js 20
- Frontend: React 19, Tailwind CSS, server-side rendering
- Database: PostgreSQL with Sequelize ORM
- Auth: Passport.js (local, Google OAuth2, GitHub OAuth2)
- Payments: Stripe
- Server OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Container runtime: Docker CE with Docker Compose
- Web server: Nginx (Front Door reverse proxy)
- SSL: Let's Encrypt (ACME, auto-renewal)
- Monitoring: VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs
- Email: Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM, Roundcube
- Registry: CNCF Distribution (registry:2)