The document provides an overview of Magento Cloud, highlighting its platform-as-a-service features like build and deploy capabilities, high availability, and managed services. It distinguishes between the Starter and Pro plans tailored for different merchant sizes and growth expectations, detailing various tools and configurations available for project management and zero downtime deployments. Additionally, it covers support options, training resources, and the developer accreditation process associated with Magento Commerce Cloud.

1. (ALMOST) EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS
WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MAGENTO
CLOUD*
Barny Shergold
Solution Architect, VAIMO
*BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

2. BARNY SHERGOLD
30+ Years Software Development & Design
10+ Years Magento Experience
4 Years At Vaimo

3. WHAT IS MAGENTO CLOUD?
Platform-As-A-Service
Magento 2 Commerce Edition
Fully Supported Build & Deploy Pipeline
High Availability Server Environment
CDN & Performance Cache
Managed Services
Also known as :
Magento Commerce Cloud
Magento Enterprise Cloud Edition
Adobe Commerce Cloud

4. STARTER VS PRO
STARTER
• For smaller B2C & B2B merchants1
• Looking to grow ~2X
• Lower SKU count
• Lower traffic and order volume
PRO
• Established B2C & B2B merchants
• Expecting >2X growth in future
• Sophisticated integrations
• Spiky traffic or frequent surges
1 For merchants Up to $5M in GMV

5. WHAT’S UNDER THE HOOD?
Easily configured Fastly - CDN, WAF & Varnish Cache
New Relic - For Application Performance
Blackfire - PHP Performance Testing
Staging &
Production Only

6. ARCHITECTURE
3 Node Redundant Architecture :
• Upscaling Without Downtime
• Surge Days
• Pro12 Cluster - 12-CPU (4 x 3) + 48GB RAM (16 x 3)
• Pro120 Cluster - 120-CPU (4 x 3) + 480GB RAM (16 x 3)
Non-Configurable :
• Debian GNU/Linux 8
• NGINX 1.8
Configurable :
• PHP
• MySQL (MariaDB)
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• Elasticsearch

7. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
8 Environments
Production
Staging
Integration
4 Active Integration Branches
Global Master
SSH Authentication
Access By Branch
SSH Access
Merge
Branch
Synch
Snapshot
Configuration

8. ECE & CLOUD TOOLS
ECE-TOOLS
• Used to control Build, Deploy & Post-Deploy processes
• Built using Magento Framework
• Contained in Project (see vendor/magento/ece-tools)
• Ideal State Wizard
MAGENTO-CLOUD
• CLI Tools for Developers
• Manage Environments
• Replicates Admin UI features
• Pull Projects & Dump databases

9. SERVER & APPLICATION CONFIGURATION
• A lot of the environment & application setup can be controlled by developers using YAML files.
• .magento/routes.yaml - Control how incoming HTTP requests are processed.
• .magento/services.yaml - Configure services such as MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch & RabbitMQ. You must
open a support ticket to push these changes to Pro plan Staging and Production environments.
• .magento.app.yaml—Define how to build and deploy Magento, including services, hooks, cron jobs &
environment variables.
• .magento.env.yaml - Centralises the management of build and deploy actions across all of your environments
- the heart of SCD management.
• M2-hotfixes - folder for patches specific to the project - main use is to quick add such patches. Any patch
dropped into this folder will be applied. No configuration is needed.

10. ZERO DOWNTIME
Deployment Phases
BUILD - SITE UP
TRANSFER - SITE UP
DEPLOY - SITE DOWN
POST-DEPLOY - SITE UP
“During the deployment process, all connections queue for
up to 5 minutes preserving any active sessions and pending
actions, such as adding to cart or checkout. After
deployment, the queue is released and connections continue
without interruption.” - Magento DevDocs

11. ZERO DOWNTIME
Really?
•Use ECE-Tools version 2002.0.13+
•Configure Static Content to generate in BUILD Phase
•Generate ‘config.php’
•Generate SC with minified HTML
•Reduce Theme files!
•Increase threads
•Preload Cache

12. DEVELOPMENT
• Project Managed by GIT
• Runs well in Devbox & Docker
• Local Setup Easy - Under an hour first time.
• Can debug instance using XDEBUG
• RECOMMENDED - Don’t add code to project!
• RECOMMENDED - Do QA on Integration NOT Development

13. SUPPORT
• Full On-Boarding Process
• Support By Raising Ticket Through Portal
• PRO - P1-1h, P2-4h, P3-1d, P4-3d
• STARTER - P1-2hr, P2-1d, P3-2d, P4-5d
• Constant Updates
• Live Sites Monitored Proactively

14. TRAINING & ACCREDITATION
• Magento Commerce Cloud For Developers
• https://u.magento.com/magento-commerce-cloud-for-developers-on-demand
• Magento Commerce Cloud Exam
• Study Guide
• https://swiftotter.com/certifications/magento-2-cloud-developer-study-guide#/
• Only A Few :
• 71 Accredited Developers Worldwide
• 5 Accredited Developers in UK

15. QUESTIONS?