Auto-start Services

Services in HiTechCloud start only when they are actually needed, to avoid wasting resources.

Auto-start Services in HiTechAdmin

Upon installing HiTechCloud, only the following services are started:

HiTechAdmin – For managing the entire server and users.
Docker – Needed for all other containerized services and user accounts.
Database – MySQL database is created and initialized. This database holds Plans, Websites, Domains, and Users.
Firewall – Sentinel Firewall is installed and started.

Other services are installed and started only when required.

Service	Installed	Auto-start
HiTechAdmin	✔	On installation
Docker	✔	On installation
Database	✔	On installation
Sentinel Firewall	✔	On installation
HiTechCloud	✘	After adding first user account
BIND9	✘	After adding first domain name
Caddy	✘	After adding first domain name
ImunifyAV	✘	When enabled by Administrator
Dovecot & Postfix	✘	When enabled by Administrator
FTP	✘	When enabled by Administrator, after first FTP account is created
phpMyAdmin	✘	When enabled by Administrator, after first MySQL database is created by a user

Similar to HiTechAdmin, services in HiTechCloud also start only when they are needed. This allows for better resource management.

Services that auto-start for each user:

Service	Installed	Auto-start
Apache / Nginx / OpenLitespeed	✔	After the user adds the first domain
REDIS	✘	After the user activates it
Memcached	✘	After the user activates it
Elasticsearch	✘	After the user activates it
MySQL / MariaDB	✔	After the user adds at least 1 database
Cron	✔	After the user adds at least 1 cron job
PHP versions	✘	After the user sets it for at least 1 domain