Shulker Website Hosting v6.0.0

What is Website Hosting?

Shulker Website Hosting gives you a fully managed container that runs your website — PHP, WordPress, or Node.js — behind a global edge network with automatic HTTPS. Every plan includes a full control panel, one-click databases, and a debug shell.

Architecture Overview

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                       Shulker Global Edge (Anycast Network)                         │
│                                                                                     │
│      web-proxy-global.shulker.in  ·  Automatic TLS  ·  DDoS Mitigation              │
│                                                                                     │
│     ┌────────────┐    ┌────────────┐    ┌────────────┐    ┌────────────┐            │
│     │  Frankfurt │    │   Mumbai   │    │  Virginia  │    │   + more   │            │
│     └──────┬─────┘    └──────┬─────┘    └──────┬─────┘    └──────┬─────┘            │
│            └─────────────────┴──────┬──────────┴─────────────────┘                  │
│                                     │                                               │
│                                     ▼                                               │
│                    ┌───────────────────────────────────┐                            │
│                    │      Website Container            │                            │
│                    │  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐     │                            │
│                    │  │  Apache   │  │  Node.js  │     │                            │
│                    │  │  + PHP    │  │           │     │                            │
│                    │  └───────────┘  └───────────┘     │                            │
│                    │   Port 80 · Persistent Volume     │                            │
│                    └────────────────┬──────────────────┘                            │
│                                     │                                               │
│                                     ▼  (private mesh network)                       │
│                    ┌───────────────────────────────────┐                            │
│                    │      Database Node (optional)     │                            │
│                    │  ┌───────────┐                    │                            │
│                    │  │  MariaDB  │  Port 3306         │                            │
│                    │  └───────────┘                    │                            │
│                    │   Dedicated node · Own public IP  │                            │
│                    └───────────────────────────────────┘                            │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Quick Start

Get a website live in under five minutes.

The Dashboard

Your website panel is organised into tabs, each covering a specific area of the hosting stack. Every tab works in real time — changes apply immediately.

File Manager

A complete web-based file manager for your website's files, with a Monaco-powered code editor built in.

Default Web Root Paths

Uploading Large Files

Files larger than 1.5 MB are automatically split into 1.5 MB chunks and uploaded in parallel. This means you can upload files of any size without hitting PHP upload limits.

Domains

Connect your own domain (or subdomain) to your website. Every domain is routed through our global edge with automatic SSL.

Adding a Domain

Required DNS Records

DNS Configuration via Cloudflare

# 1. In Cloudflare DNS settings
Type      : CNAME
Name      : @  (or subdomain)
Target    : web-proxy-global.shulker.in
Proxy     : Proxied (orange cloud)  # ← must be ON

# 2. In Cloudflare SSL/TLS → Overview
Encryption mode : Flexible  # ← must be Flexible

# 3. Wait 2–3 minutes, then visit your domain
https://yourdomain.com

Removing a Domain

Click the trash icon on any connected domain to disconnect it. The DNS record at your provider is not automatically removed — you'll want to clean it up on their side.

Ports

Your container listens on a fixed internal port (usually 80). The Ports tab shows the public port mapped to it and gives you a direct URL for testing before DNS is set up.

Environment Variables

Manage runtime configuration without touching code. Environment variables are passed to your container and picked up on restart.

Common Environment Variables

WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=172.17.0.1:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER=root
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=<auto-generated>
WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=wordpress

NODE_ENV=production
PORT=80
DATABASE_URL=mysql://root:pass@host:3306/dbname

Databases

Every website can have its own dedicated MariaDB server, running on a separate node with its own public host and port. Creating one is a single click.

Creating a Database Server

# Example: MySQL CLI
mysql -h <public-host> -P <public-port> -u root -p

# Example: PHP (wp-config.php)
define('DB_HOST', '<public-host>:<public-port>');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '<your-password>');
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');

Database Controls

Server Types

Switch between PHP, WordPress, and Node.js at any time. The switch rebuilds your container with the new image.

Switching to Node.js — next steps

# 1. Upload your project to /app via File Manager
#    (package.json must be present)

# 2. Install dependencies and start your app
cd /app && npm install && npm start

# 3. Or use PM2 for process management
npm install -g pm2
pm2 start app.js --name my-app
pm2 save

Debug Shell

A live interactive shell running inside your container as root. Use it for installing dependencies, running migrations, debugging, and anything else you'd do over SSH.

# PHP / WordPress
composer install
wp core update
wp plugin update --all

# Node.js
cd /app && npm install
cd /app && npm run build

# General
ls -la /var/www/html
df -h
free -m
htop
curl http://localhost

Logs

The Logs tab streams the last 500 lines of stdout and stderr from your container. Useful for debugging PHP warnings, Apache errors, Node.js crashes, and application output.

Performance

Live metrics for your container, refreshed every 6 seconds.

SSL & HTTPS

Every connected domain gets a free SSL certificate automatically. Certificates are issued by our edge network when DNS resolves, and renewed without any action on your part.

Troubleshooting

Domain not working

SSL errors / redirect loop

Database not connecting

Files not uploading

Server type switch failed

Still stuck?

Best Practices

Quick Reference

# DNS target
web-proxy-global.shulker.in

# Web roots
/var/www/html     # PHP & WordPress
/app              # Node.js

# Default ports
Container HTTP port : 80
Database port       : 3306

# Panel URL format
https://shulker.in/panel/dashboard/server/<server-id>

# Support
https://shulker.in/contact
https://discord.gg/shulker

# PHP
composer install
composer update

# WordPress
wp core update
wp plugin update --all
wp theme update --all
wp db export backup.sql

# Node.js
cd /app && npm install
cd /app && npm run build
pm2 restart all

# System
ls -la /var/www/html
df -h
free -m
curl http://localhost

# Is the container running?
curl -I http://localhost

# Are DNS records correct?
dig +short yourdomain.com

# Is MariaDB reachable?
mysql -h <db-host> -P <db-port> -u root -p -e "SELECT 1"

# Disk usage
du -sh /var/www/html/*

# Recent logs
tail -n 100 /var/log/apache2/error.log