SlickStackWhat is SlickStack?
SlickStack is a free LEMP stack automation script written in Bash designed to enhance and simplify WordPress provisioning, performance, and security.
SlickStack is a tool in the Continuous Deployment category of a tech stack.
Key Features
CloudFlareUbuntuNginxOpenSSLFastCGI CachePHP-FPMZend OPcacheWordPressWP-CLIMySQLRedisGitClamAVUFW Firewall
SlickStack Pros & Cons
Pros of SlickStack
- ✓100% open source (better security and transparency)
- ✓Built-in WordPress plugin blacklist
- ✓Dependency-free
- ✓Designed for Ubuntu LTS
- ✓Free OpenSSL certificates (that never expire)
- ✓Idempotent installation
- ✓Includes MU plugins for technical SEO, etc
- ✓Native Bash commands (no learning new shortcuts)
- ✓Nginx FastCGI Cache enabled by default
- ✓Redis object caching enabled by default
Cons of SlickStack
No cons listed yet.
SlickStack Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to SlickStack?
Ansible
Ansible is an IT automation tool. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. Ansible’s goals are foremost those of simplicity and maximum ease of use.
Terraform
With Terraform, you describe your complete infrastructure as code, even as it spans multiple service providers. Your servers may come from AWS, your DNS may come from CloudFlare, and your database may come from Heroku. Terraform will build all these resources across all these providers in parallel.
Dotenv
It is a zero-dependency module that loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env. Storing configuration in the environment separate from code is based on The Twelve-Factor App methodology.
