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Magento Open Source, on hardware sized for it

Magento Open Source on dedicated vCPUs and NVMe, with MySQL, Redis and OpenSearch on a private network, pub/media in S3-compatible storage and a CDN in 988 locations.
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Why Magento on Edge

Give Magento the hardware it expects

Magento is heavy by design. Give it real hardware and put everything it doesn't need to compute on the CDN.

  • Sized for Magento's appetite

    Dedicated vCPUs, plenty of RAM and local NVMe keep page generation, indexers and cron jobs quick under load.

  • The data tier on a private network

    MySQL, Redis and OpenSearch on adjacent VMs in the same region. Private traffic is free and never touches the internet.

  • pub/media in a bucket

    Magento's remote storage module writes media to Edge Storage over the S3 API. Catalogue images survive any rebuild.

  • Thumbnails at the CDN

    Let the CDN produce AVIF and WebP variants from Magento media URLs instead of pre-rendering every size per product.

  • Two-tier caching

    The CDN serves guest pages, static/ and media from 988 locations. Magento's full-page cache keeps origin pages warm.

  • B2B and multi-store

    Several websites and store views on one install and one web VM, or split across VMs as the catalogue grows.

Reference architecture

Web VM in front, data and search tiers behind it

Magento and LEMP on the web VM, the full data tier behind it on a private network, media in a bucket and guests served from the CDN.
  • Compute

    Runs Magento, Nginx and PHP-FPM on the web VM; MySQL, Redis and OpenSearch on private VMs.

  • Storage

    Holds pub/media through Magento's aws-s3 remote storage driver.

  • CDN

    Caches guest catalogue pages, static content and media URLs worldwide.

  • Image optimisation

    AVIF, WebP and responsive variants from Magento media URLs.

  • DNS

    Anycast DNS for each store, the admin and email records.

  • Shield

    Stops carding bots and fake account creation on checkout and login.

  • Assist

    Deflects pre-sales questions using your catalogue and policy pages.

  • Pulse

    Multi-step checks on search, add-to-cart and checkout from real user locations.

Deploy

Magento from your own bootstrap script

There's no library script for Magento, so save your own bootstrap once and reuse it for every store and environment.
  1. 01

    Save your bootstraps and create the VMs

    web.sh installs Nginx, PHP 8.3-FPM with Magento's extensions and Composer. Save data.sh (MySQL, Redis) and search.sh (OpenSearch) the same way.

    shell
    $ edge compute scripts create --name magento-setup --file web.sh
$ edge compute create --name mage-web --size s-4vcpu-8gb \
    --image ubuntu-24 --region london --script magento-setup

$ edge compute create --name mage-data --size s-4vcpu-8gb \
    --image ubuntu-24 --region london --script magento-data
$ edge compute create --name mage-search --size s-2vcpu-4gb \
    --image ubuntu-24 --region london --script magento-search
  2. 02

    Install against the private data tier

    Attach all three VMs to one private network first. Sessions and cache go to Redis, search to OpenSearch.

    shell
    $ bin/magento setup:install --base-url=https://shop.acme.com/ \
    --db-host=10.185.0.3 --db-name=magento --db-user=magento \
    --db-password=<pw> --search-engine=opensearch \
    --opensearch-host=10.185.0.4 --opensearch-port=9200 \
    --session-save=redis --session-save-redis-host=10.185.0.3 \
    --cache-backend=redis --cache-backend-redis-server=10.185.0.3
  3. 03

    Move pub/media to Edge Storage

    The aws-s3 remote storage driver takes a custom endpoint. remote-storage:sync copies the media you already have.

    shell
    $ bin/magento setup:config:set --remote-storage-driver=aws-s3 \
    --remote-storage-bucket=magento-media \
    --remote-storage-region=us-east-1 \
    --remote-storage-endpoint=https://storage.edge.network \
    --remote-storage-path-style=1 \
    --remote-storage-key=<key> --remote-storage-secret=<secret>
$ bin/magento remote-storage:sync
  4. 04

    Put the CDN in front

    Purge static/ after each deploy so shoppers get the new bundles straight away.

    shell
    $ edge cdn create --name acme-magento
$ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \
    --domain shop.acme.com \
    --origin https://<web-ip> \
    --jit-image

# after each deploy
$ edge cdn purge cdn-a1b2c3 --path /static/*

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What it costs

A mid-sized Magento store, itemised

Three VMs for the app, data and search tiers, plus a CDN deployment and a bucket. No licence, no per-order fee, no bandwidth line.
  • Magento Open Source carries no licence fee
  • Private traffic between the tiers is free
  • Image transforms included with the CDN
  • Billed hourly from a prepaid balance
See compute pricing

Estimated monthly bill on Edge

~500k visits a month, 5,000 SKUs, B2B and B2C, 1 TB of image bandwidth

USD
  • Web VM$38.47Performance: 4 vCPU, 8 GiB for Magento, Nginx and PHP-FPM
  • Data VM$38.47Performance: 4 vCPU, 8 GiB for MySQL 8 and Redis
  • Search VM$19.24Standard: 2 vCPU, 4 GiB for OpenSearch
  • CDN$3.0012.5M requests: first 500k free, then 12M × $0.25 per million
  • Storage$1.50105 GB of pub/media: first 5 GB free, then 100 GB × $0.015
  • Snapshots$2.0040 GiB of pre-deploy VM snapshots at $0.05/GiB-mo
  • Egress$0.00
Total$102.68

Indicative monthly cost for a mid-sized Magento store

  • Adobe Commerce Cloud$$$$+
  • Magento-specialist host~$300–800
  • Edge (VMs + CDN + Storage)~$80–180

Indicative figures based on public pricing. Add Expert Services for a fully managed equivalent.

FAQ

Magento on Edge, answered

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Magento Open Source or Adobe Commerce?
Open Source runs cleanly on Edge: the same PHP and MySQL stack, with no licence to manage. Adobe Commerce also runs technically, but most teams paying for it stay on Adobe Commerce Cloud for the bundled support.
What about Magento's full-page cache?
Keep it. The built-in cache or Varnish handles warm pages at origin, and the Edge CDN caches guest pages and assets worldwide. Two tiers, and the VM only renders what neither has.
How do I run OpenSearch?
On the web VM for a small catalogue, or on its own VM over the private network for anything serious. Magento 2.4 talks to it on port 9200; keep that port closed to the public.
Do cron and the indexers need anything special?
No. Run bin/magento cron:install on the web VM and set the indexers to update on schedule. Heavy reindexes benefit from the dedicated vCPUs.
How does this compare to Magento hosting providers?
Usually cheaper and faster, because you're not paying for a branded support tier you may not need, and you keep root. The trade-off is owning the bootstrap, or letting our Expert Services team run it.

Drop-in services

Add these without touching the stack

Shield is one server-side check and Assist is one script tag. Both work alongside whatever you already run.

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