Writing code is just one step in creating a fully functional application. Once your code is ready, it needs to be deployed in an environment that your users can reliably access.
We specialize in building, maintaining, and hosting Symfony applications. Whether a project is small and straightforward or large and complex, we offer hosting solutions tailored to applications of any size.
Security
When it comes to hosting a ny application, espacially ones that are publicly accessible , security is a critical factor that cannot be overlooked. Proper security measures protect both your application and your users’ data.
Server security
The foundation of having a safe app, is having a safe server on which the app runs.
The server must be protected against attackers trying to access the environment and only authorized people may access the server.
It’s crucial for the server to keep the software up-to-date with the latest security patches and updates. We frequently update our servers to stay up-to-date with the latest patches.
Our servers limit rapidly incoming requests and make sure that attackers will not be able to brute force passwords or overload the server on which the application runs. This ensures that your app will always stay accessible.
Application security
As well as keeping the server safe, it’s important that your application itself is secure
There are many different ways in which attackers can target your application.
Some different type of application attacks are; Cross-Site Scriping (XSS) , Access control issues , Input validation issues. There are many other ways in which your application can be targeted.
Symfony already handles a lot of these issues for us. User inputs are automatically escaped, making sure that user generated content cannot simply be executed in your app. This limits the risk of XSS attacks and SQL injections.
The Access Control rules in Symfony allow us to fully restrict access to certain parts of the app based on user context and roles.
Monitoring
After an app has been deployed and is being used, it’s important to keep track of the activity inside the app.
We use our own custom built analytics software which tells us user activity on the app or website and lets us place custom actions and triggers to get an in-depth view of what users are doing with the app. Using our own analytics software gives us flexibility and freedom to tailor it exactly to the needs of us and our customers.
All the applications on our servers are automatically protected by our Web Application Firewall (WAF). This firewall checks all incoming requests and decides if that request is valid for the app (Is it a valid endpoint? Is the endpoint a known vulnerability that was targeted?). If a request is deemed “malicious”, the ip address is denied from the servers.
Scaling
As your application grows, the demands on the infrastructure grows. Scaling ensures that your Symfony application continues to perform reliably, whether it’s serving a handful of users or handling thousands of concurrent requests.
There are two primary approaches to scaling your application: vertical scaling and horizontal scaling. Vertical scaling means increasing the resources of the server the app runs on, like adding more CPU power, memory, or storage. This is often the simplest way and the first step to improve performance in the early stages of an application.
However, for larger or rapidly growing applications, horizontal scaling becomes essential. This approach distributes the load across multiple servers, allowing the system to handle increased traffic more efficiently and providing redundancy in case of failure.
We design our hosting environments with scalability in mind from the start. With multiple servers in Amsterdam and Frankfurt, we can seamlessly scale applications based on real-time demand by introducing load balancers, additional application servers, and optimized database configurations.
We also use caching strategies, such as HTTP caching and in-memory data stores, to reduce the load on your application and improve response times. We off-load processing for heavy tasks to another server dedicated for this purpose, this ensures that your application remains fast and responsive under all conditions.
