Luminal Cloud Manager — Features & Benefits
Luminal Cloud Manager extends your CMS with enterprise-grade server security, monitoring, deployment, and management tools — all from a single admin panel. No command line required.
Layered Security & Access Control
Protect your admin panel with intelligent, multi-layer security that adapts to your workflow.
- IP Whitelisting — Restrict admin access to known IP addresses with time-limited entries that auto-expire, keeping your panel locked down without permanent maintenance.
- Integrated Firewall Management — UFW rules managed programmatically through the CMS. Whitelist entries sync directly to firewall rules and clean themselves up automatically.
- Emergency Access — Locked out? A secure magic-link system delivers a one-time login via email, temporarily whitelisting your IP so you're never permanently locked out of your own site.
- Password Recovery — Self-service email-based password reset with strength validation, single-use tokens, and anti-enumeration protections built in.
Why it matters: Server security shouldn't require SSH access or manual firewall edits. Luminal automates the hard parts while keeping you in control.
Multi-Site Deployment System
Manage dozens of sites from a single control panel with the Farmout Manager hub-and-spoke architecture.
- One-Click Deployment — Push code changes to all sites simultaneously, or target specific sites individually. Dry-run previews before every push.
- Composable Deployment Profiles — Define which modules go where with reusable stacks. Not every site needs every feature.
- Automatic Version Stamping — Every deployment is versioned and tracked. Know exactly what's running on every site at any time.
- Remote Server Support — Sites on external servers (DigitalOcean, etc.) auto-pull updates via cron. No manual SSH syncing.
- Rollback Snapshots — Pre-deployment snapshots are saved automatically. One click to roll back if anything goes wrong.
Why it matters: Managing 40+ sites shouldn't mean 40+ manual deployments. Farmout Manager turns hours of work into a single button click.
Comprehensive Backup System
Two-tier backup architecture ensures your data is always recoverable.
- Per-Site Backups — Create on-demand backups of individual sites. Choose what to include: app code, data, media, or all three. Download or restore directly from the admin panel.
- Automated GFS Rotation — Daily, weekly, and monthly backup tiers with intelligent retention. Runs automatically at 2 AM with no intervention needed.
- Smart Deduplication — Sites running the canonical build get lightweight stub files instead of full archives, saving significant disk space across large fleets.
- Pre-Flight Disk Checks — Backups estimate required space before running and auto-clear stale entries if needed. No more failed backups from full disks.
Why it matters: Backups you don't have to think about are the only backups that work. GFS rotation with deduplication means reliable protection without storage bloat.
Domain & SSL Management
Add domains, configure virtual hosts, and install SSL certificates — all from the browser.
- One-Click Domain Setup — Enter a domain name and the system creates the Apache virtual host, log directories, and document root automatically.
- Smart SSL Installation — DNS probing auto-detects which subdomains are valid before running Let's Encrypt, preventing certificate failures.
- Safe Domain Removal — Full backups created automatically before any domain is removed. Nothing is lost.
Why it matters: Adding a new site should take seconds, not a terminal session of config file editing and certbot debugging.
Email Integration
Built-in Mailgun integration powers all email-dependent features across the platform.
- Unified Email Service — One configuration powers security alerts, emergency access, password resets, and ticket notifications.
- Simple Setup — Enter your API key and sending domain. Test with one click. Done.
Server Monitoring
Keep your finger on the pulse of server health with ServerSentinel.
- Resource Monitoring — Track CPU, memory, and disk usage in real-time from the admin panel.
- Automated Scanning — Configurable cron-based scans detect anomalies and resource threshold breaches before they become problems.
- Log & Cron Overview — Monitor log rotation status and view all scheduled system jobs in one place.
Why it matters: Server problems are cheaper to prevent than to fix. Continuous monitoring means you catch issues before your users do.
Centralized Scheduling
The Cron Manager provides a single interface for all automated tasks.
- Update Scheduling — Configure when each site checks for CMS updates with intelligent staggering to avoid load spikes.
- Backup Scheduling — Set daily backup runs with flexible timing options.
- Backup Scoreboard — Visual dashboard showing backup health across all tiers and sites with drill-down detail.