Hosting
Vortex provides integrations with several hosting providers.
We will be adding more hosting provider integrations in the future.
The deployment workflows to all environments of these providers are streamlined and automated to ensure that the deployment process is consistent and reliable.
Hosting providers vs environments
Understanding the distinction between hosting providers and environments is crucial for properly configuring and deploying your website.
Hosting providers
Hosting providers are the platforms where your environments actually run. They can be cloud-based or on-premises solutions that provide the infrastructure to run the webserver, database, and other services required for your site.
Multiple environments can exist on the same hosting provider.
Environments
Environments refer to the contained bundles of infrastructure services that allow to run your website.
An environment represents a specific logical stage of your website deployment and releasing lifecycle: from local development to production.
Hosting providers typically provide DEV, STAGE, and PROD environments.
Some providers also support additional short-lived ephemeral environments also called "preview", "on-demand", or "feature" environments. These help to test new features or changes in isolation before merging them into the main codebase.
Vortex provides a mechanism to detect the environment type and allows you to configure your website behavior based on this environment type.