Modernize Your Stack with ZendPHP + ZendHQ
Zend Server end of life (EOL) and end of manufacture (EOM) is quickly approaching, with Zend Server 2021 reaching EOM in December, 2026, and EOL in December, 2027.
While these dates may seem distant, migrations can often become complex, and the time to strategize is now. Luckily, migrating to secure and supported ZendPHP runtimes, along with installing ZendHQ observability and orchestration tooling, has never been easier.
Check out this page to learn more about migration strategies, how ZendPHP + ZendHQ will benefit your stack, and services available to streamline your transition. We have included a variety of resources, datasheets, and video guides for you to share with your team.
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Determining Your Best Migration Plan
Choose Your Preferred Level of Migration Support From the Zend PHP Experts
Comprehensive Services for Pain-Free Migrations
If you do not have the in-house PHP expertise needed to complete a migration to ZendPHP, or if your developer time and resources are better spent elsewhere, Zend offers a full suite of PHP migration services to ease your journey from Zend Server to ZendPHP + ZendHQ.
Check out your options, and contact us to discuss the specifics of your migration, applications, and goals.
Expert Migration Support
Zend migration and modernization support keeps your system compliant, supported, and secure during your transition from Zend Server to ZendPHP + ZendHQ.
Continuous Monitoring for PHP Applications
Zend Admin as a Service keeps critical PHP applications secure and performant through constant monitoring, weekly performance and health reports, and more.
Partner With Zend to Streamline Your Migration
For teams with some PHP experience but who require assistance forming a migration plan, installing or configuring ZendPHP + ZendHQ, or other aspects of migrating from Zend Server, we offer a variety of PHP services. Whether you simply want a consultation before getting started or are looking for additional support for your existing developer team, Zend is in your corner.
Black Belt PHP Services
Make the most of your resources with flexible PHP support and service hours, which include access to expert PHP engineers at every step of your migration.
Custom PHP Consulting
Work closely with our dedicated team of global PHP professionals on your migration – including installation, setup, and maintenance for ZendPHP + ZendHQ.
Expert Resources for Self-Managed Migrations
Zend makes mission-critical PHP possible, including for teams with the developer experience, time, and resources to manage migrations to ZendPHP from Zend Server entirely in house.
We provide a vast library of in-depth documentation that covers everything you need to know about deploying ZendPHP, ZendPHP + ZendHQ functionalities equivalent to your favorite Zend Server features, and much more.
Additionally, if you are unable to find the documentation you require, or if you encounter any roadblocks during your migration, Zend is here to help. Reach out to your account representative or get in touch with us today.
Reasons to Migrate to ZendPHP
ZendPHP + ZendHQ offer modular solutions to future-proof your critical applications. In this video, Zend Product Marketing Manager Simon MacKenzie walks through how while answering a few frequently asked questions.
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Discover ZendPHP
Why Choose ZendPHP Secure and Supported Runtimes?
Keeping PHP applications secure and on the most current version is a leading challenge for any PHP team, including those currently deploying Zend Server. ZendPHP makes staying on top of these concerns straightforward and stress free, offering:
- Security and Compliance Features
- PHP Long Term Support (LTS) and Upgrades
- Comprehensive Technical Support
- Support for EOL and Community-Supported PHP
- A Variety of Supported Operating Systems
Increase Performance and Save Developer Resources With Easy App Upgrades
ZendPHP runtimes allow you to rest easy through prompt and easy upgrades:
- Upgrade on your schedule while remaining supported
- LTS for EOL PHP, including 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 8.0
- New major and minor PHP versions ship within two weeks of community release
- Ability to install multiple PHP versions on the same machine
- Access to the most current security and performance features
Safeguard Applications Against Malicious Attacks
Keeping your system secure against the latest CVEs is critical. With ZendPHP runtimes, you access:
- Backported security patches
- Support in maintaining compliance with GDPR, PCI, HIPAA, and other standards
- CIS Benchmarked containers
- Ongoing LTS for EOL PHP versions
- And other security benefits
24/7/365 Technical Support
ZendPHP runtimes come with a support contract, delivering around-the-clock assistance that includes:
- Two-hour responses from a global team of PHP experts
- Critical security patches
- Bug fixes
- And more
Supported PHP Versions
- PHP 7.2 (LTS)
- PHP 7.3 (LTS)
- PHP 7.4 (LTS)
- PHP 8.0 (LTS)
- PHP 8.1
- PHP 8.2
- PHP 8.3
- PHP 8.4
Supported Operating Systems
- IBM i 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6
- Alpine Linux 3.16
- Alpine Linux 3.18
- Amazon Linux 2
- RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux 7
- RHEL/AlmaLinux/Oracle Linux/Rocky Linux 8
- RHEL/AlmaLinux/Oracle Linux/Rocky Linux 9
- RHEL/AlmaLinux 10
- Debian 11, 12, and 13
- Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
- Windows
Explore ZendHQ
Everything You Need to Monitor and Optimize Your PHP Application
Modern PHP applications are complex, and they come with equally complex requirements for monitoring, scaling, and job automation. That’s where ZendHQ comes in, the must-have extension for ZendPHP runtimes.
ZendHQ includes a vast range of features and functionalities designed to boost your PHP-based applications while improving your processes to meet user demands:
- Monitoring
- Code Tracing
- Automation and Scaling
- Application Insights
- Lower Cloud Spend
- Disaster Recovery
- And much more!
Improve Performance With Custom Alerting
Integrate with existing PHP APMs, monitor your applications, and establish custom alerts for PHP-specific events, such as:
- Slow execution times
- High memory or CPU usage
- Errors and problems
Plus, ZendHQ can easily be configured to capture a detailed code trace on any of these events for streamlined troubleshooting.
Real-Time, High-Impact Code Tracing
Through in-depth insights, your team can trace PHP issues in real time, resulting in fewer escalations, quicker fixes, and improved performance. Receive detailed data on:
- Execution time
- Memory consumption
- Database queries
- And other critical aspects of your system
Through these instant application insights, you and your team can identify and address bottlenecks, be proactive in profiling your code, and prevent future issues from becoming risky problems.
Manage and Automate Jobs
JobQueue, a feature included with the ZendHQ extension, enhances scalability within your PHP through:
- Job Scheduling – Schedule processes to occur when more computational power is available.
- Recurring Jobs – Schedule regularly occurring work on a cadence.
- Job Deferment – Defer long-running jobs when you need to provide an immediate response.
Advanced Observability and Instant Application Insights
Z-Ray delivers instant insights into requests made to your PHP application or API, simplifying identifying, understanding, and remediating complex issues within your application. Use Z-Ray for:
- Root-cause analysis
- Application profiling
- Understanding application flow
- And to provide many other critical insights
Reduce time to resolution with Z-Ray and ZendHQ.
Performance-First Development Delivers Ongoing Cost Savings
Unlock predictable, lower infrastructure and cloud spend by integrating ZendHQ into your CI/CD pipeline. Keep your cloud budget in check and costs on a downward trend by:
- Catching issues early so every release delivers peak efficiency
- Preventing resource over-provisioning from occurring
- Monitoring continuously to identify problems quickly
- Tuning performance to deliver dependable user experiences
Quickly Recover Lost ZendHQ Data
To put your mind at ease, ZendHQ includes built-in disaster recovery features. This functionality makes regaining or migrating ZendHQ data stress-free, as you can:
- Create backup snapshots of ZendHQ data
- Increase ZendHQ data retention and plan for future capacity
- Migrate ZendHQ to a new infrastructure with no data loss
- Access persistent storage while running in a containerized environment
“The Zend team ensured our modernization project was minimally disruptive to our engineering teams, and ultimately saved us upward of 20 weeks of engineering work.”
Migration Made Easy With the ZendPHP Ansible Playbook
With the help of the ZendPHP Ansible playbook, migrating off of Zend Server to ZendPHP + ZendHQ is an easy and straightforward process. Follow a few simple steps to quickly provision ZendPHP and consistently deploy applications at scale using existing Zend Server Deployment Packages (ZPKs).
Frequently Asked Questions
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ZendPHP and ZendHQ are purpose-built for modern, scalable application architectures. Because of that, it’s important that you optimize your first installation and configuration to minimize future friction as you scale.
Once you’re set up, you will have access to modern, modular tools that allow you to control exactly what you run and how it runs. Additionally, through scheduled upgrades and PHP LTS, future update processes are extremely easy.
We do understand that not all teams have the knowledge or experience for this initial set up, which is why our Professional Services team is at your disposal. We offer a hands-free installation and clear onboarding for you to get set up. Please contact us with questions about your exact migration parameters.
Technology landscapes change quickly, and threats to your system evolve even faster. By simply maintaining the status quo, you are leaving your business and users vulnerable to new and malicious attacks. By migrating before an issue occurs, you can ensure your system is not only stable today, but future-proofed against yet-to-be discovered vulnerabilities.
That’s where ZendPHP and ZendHQ come in. These industry-leading products make sure that your PHP application remains secure, observable, scalable, and supported long after the community has moved on to new versions. Migrate on your schedule, stay secure, and stay up to date with the latest features and functionalities PHP has to offer by choosing ZendPHP.
It only takes one weak link to break a chain. PHP may not be the most important aspect of your stack, but keeping it secure can potentially save you millions of dollars in the event of an exploitation. By migrating from Zend Server to ZendPHP, you can ensure that malicious attackers can’t use out-of-date PHP applications as an entry point to your data.
Additionally, by migrating at a point when your PHP applications are not a critical part of your business initiatives, you can avoid disruptions as you modernize that application and bring it up to date. This represents a great opportunity to start fresh from a new version and keep it updated as time progresses.
Compared to Zend Server, ZendPHP + ZendHQ are more adaptable to how modern teams are working today. ZendPHP offers a modular foundation for runtimes. When coupled with ZendHQ, it brings new observability features into play that weren’t present in Zend Server. These include PHP-specific insights for functions, memory usage, and more.
Furthermore, Zend is constantly working to meet your needs with new products, features, and functionalities. We are currently building out the future of our Mission Critical Platform alongside customers like you, ensuring that what we deliver is tailored to your requirements and filled with the essentials – not needless or flashy bloat.
After installation is completed, ZendPHP shouldn’t require much more attention than Zend Server did.
With the plug-and-play features included in ZendHQ, you’ll find you actually save time on debugging processes and monitoring, allowing your team to focus on building new features and addressing other high-priority concerns.
Through the modular approach of ZendPHP + ZendHQ, you can also update individual pieces of the stack independently from one another, leading to less downtime, less attack surface, and significantly simpler updates.
You also will not need to hire a dedicated developer or sysadmin to run ZendPHP + ZendHQ. While there is a learning curve for using these tools, it’s short, and our products are designed to be set-and-forget – just like Zend Server. However, if you find yourself in need of assistance, our Professional Services team is in your corner. We offer setup services to configure ZendPHP to your system with minimal effort.
How to Start Migrating from Zend Server to ZendPHP + ZendHQ
Zend Server reaching end of life may seem far away, but the deadline is approaching fast. By beginning your migration to ZendPHP now, you can avoid price increases while keeping your critical applications secure, compliant, and performing without interruption.
Proven PHP Services for Enterprise Applications
Zend PHP services and support extend far beyond easing migrations to ZendPHP from Zend Server. Accelerate the development of new PHP applications, access unparalleled PHP expertise, and much more.