Site Types

Introduction

Vito is built to support deploying PHP applications and currently, it supports any PHP applications. But it has site types for provide more features out of the box for some specific PHP applications.

PHP

You can deploy any PHP application with this site type if you have the source code on any supported source control providers.

Note:

To deploy a site this type, You need to have a Webserver and PHP installed on your server in the Services section.

PHP Blank

PHP Blank site type is simply a blank php website that doesn't require a source control or composer.

Vito doesn't provide a file manager, and you need to upload your files by connecting to the server via SSH.

Laravel

Laravel site type is a subtype of the PHP site type. With this separation, We will be able to provide more Laravel specified features like Artisan commands in the future. During site creation of a Laravel site, you are asked to pick a pacakge manager, by default, Laravel uses NPM (Node), but you can select other package managers such as Bun, pnpm or Yarn during site creation.

Additional tooling can always be installed via the Site Tooling menu post site creation if needed.

Node.js & Bun

You can deploy any Node.js or Bun application with these site types including backend and frontend apps like Next.js, Nuxt.js, Express.js, etc. Site Tooling will be enabled based on the selected versions of tools selected during site creation automatically. You are free to install other tooling as needed.

These run as reverse proxy sites. Once deployed, you can change the port, environment variables, and start command, and manage the application worker, from the Application page.

Blank (Reverse Proxy)

The Blank site type runs your server as a reverse proxy in front of any application listening on a local port — useful for languages or runtimes that Vito doesn't have a dedicated site type for. You choose the port to proxy to and an optional start command, and you can optionally deploy the site from a Git repository.

WordPress

Vito installs WordPress easily by just submitting a form. You don't need to download WordPress and upload it to your server.

Additional to the PHP site type requirements, You also need to have Mysql service in the Services section.

PHPMyAdmin

Vito supports PHPMyAdmin installation out of the box. It will install PHPMyAdmin and connect it your Mysql service.

Load Balancer

You can use your server as a load balancer by adding a new site with the Load Balancer site type.