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What are Managed Platforms? Can I use them as hosting?

Managed Platforms turn CDN.com.tr from "a CDN in front of your server" into a place that runs your application for you. You can host a WordPress or PHP site, or deploy any Docker container — and the same global edge, automatic SSL and caching sit in front of it. Short answer to the common question: yes, you can use it as your hosting.

What are Managed Platforms? Can I use them as hosting?

What "managed" means

Traditional hosting hands you a server (or a slice of one) and you maintain the operating system, runtime, security patches and scaling yourself. "Managed" means the platform handles the infrastructure: you provide your application — a WordPress site, a PHP project, or a container image — and the platform runs, secures, renews certificates for, and serves it. You focus on your app, not on servers.

Yes — you can use it as hosting

This is the most common question, so plainly: yes. You do not need a separate hosting provider. Point your domain here, choose WordPress, PHP, or a container app, and CDN.com.tr becomes where your site lives. Because it is built on the CDN, your site is automatically served through the global edge with caching and HTTPS — hosting and CDN in one place.

WordPress and PHP, the easy path

If you run a WordPress or PHP site, you do not need to know anything about containers. Choose the WordPress or PHP platform, pick your version, and deploy — the runtime, web server and TLS are handled for you. You can connect a custom domain, manage files, and turn on a managed Redis cache for speed, all from the panel.

Container Apps, for anything else

If your app is not WordPress/PHP — say a Node/Express API, a Next.js site, a Go service, a worker, or a tool like Jenkins or RabbitMQ — you can run it as a Container App. You bring a Docker image (or import a docker-compose file) and the platform runs it, gives it a URL, and keeps it healthy. If "Docker" is unfamiliar, see the Docker guide — you often need less of it than you think.

Managed add-ons (databases, cache, queues)

Most apps need a database or a cache. Instead of running and securing those yourself, enable a managed add-on with one click: Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB or NATS. The platform provisions it, keeps it running, and connects it to your app by an internal name — so your services talk to each other privately, without exposing anything to the internet.

What it does NOT do

Managed Platforms are not a VM or an SSH shell. You do not get OS-level package installs (no "apt install"), no Docker-in-Docker for building images inside a container, and no raw public TCP ports — public access is HTTP(S). It is also not a kubectl/SSH replacement. In exchange, you get a platform that runs and secures your app without server administration.

What people run here

A WordPress site

Managed WordPress with a custom domain, automatic HTTPS, a Redis cache and the CDN edge in front — no server to babysit.

A web app + database

Deploy your container app, enable a managed PostgreSQL or MySQL add-on, and connect them by internal name.

A multi-service project

Import a docker-compose.yml: web, worker, database and cache come up together as managed apps and add-ons.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. For WordPress, PHP and containerised apps, CDN.com.tr can be your hosting. Your application runs here and is served through the CDN edge with automatic SSL.

For WordPress or PHP, no — those are point-and-click. Docker only comes in for custom apps, and even then you usually just supply an image or a docker-compose file. See the "What is Docker" guide.

Yes. You can enable apps alongside your current delivery, validate them on their own subdomains, and switch your main domain over only when you are ready — fully reversible.

No. Enable a managed Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB or NATS add-on and the platform runs it for you, connected privately to your app.

Yes — cdnctl lets you do everything the panel does from your terminal or scripts, which is handy for automation and CI.