Knowledgebase

Getting Started

• Installing Sail
• Getting a DigitalOcean API token
• Migrating Existing Projects to Sail
• Uninstalling Sail
• Command Reference
• Getting help
• Sail vs Competitors
• Sail FAQs

Creating Servers

• How to launch a new WordPress project with Sail
• Namespaces and Environments in Sail
• How to select a Droplet size and region
• How to destroy your Sail server
• How to access your Sail server via SSH and WP-CLI
• Adding and removing SSH keys with Sail
• Adding system Cron entries with Sail
• How to configure Cloudflare for Sail CLI

Domains, DNS and SSL

• How to add or remove domains
• How to export domains and SSL certificates
• How to import domains and SSL certificates
• How to request and install an SSL certificate
• How to change the primary domain
• How to add Gmail MX records with Sail
• How to add a Site Verification record for Google Search Console

Backups

• How to create a full WordPress backup
• How to create a WordPress database backup
• How to restore a full backup
• How to import a database backup

Deploy and Rollback

• What is an atomic deploy
• How to deploy with Sail CLI
• How to ignore certain files from deployment with .deployignore
• How to rollback code changes
• Keeping the local working copy in sync with production
• How to setup push-to-deploy with GitHub and Sail

Blueprints, E-mail Delivery

• Working with blueprints in Sail CLI
• Installing a Postfix SMTP Relay
• How to set up MX records for Google Workspace or Gmail

Local Development Environments

• Working with Local and Sail
• Running PHP Linter and PHP Code Sniffer on Deploy

Performance Monitoring and Profiling

• An Introduction to the Sail Performance Profiler
• Running the Sail Profiler with cURL

Premium Features

The following articles cover a range of features available to users with an active premium subscription.

• How to enable Sail Premium for your application
• Uptime and health monitoring with Sail CLI
• Image optimization, compression and WebP
• Working with automatic and managed on-demand backups

Troubleshooting

• Accessing your server logs with Sail
• Error: Unprotected private key file
• Sail: command not found error
• Error establishing a database connection
• Could not contact Sail API