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Platform Concepts Updated 2026-05-27

Application marketplace

The marketplace is the catalog of pre-packaged applications and add-ons that can be installed into a Stack Harbor PaaS environment with one click.

The platform Marketplace is a catalog of pre-configured applications and add-ons that install directly into an environment with one click. Each entry is a packaged manifest: topology, configuration, post-install steps, and any user-prompted values are bundled into a single solution.

Two categories of packages live in the marketplace:

  • Applications — full solutions that create a new environment (CMS, frameworks, databases, dev tools, cluster topologies).
  • Add-ons — incremental modifications to an existing environment (backups, free SSL, monitoring agents, encryption, scheduled tasks).

What’s available

The catalog covers most of the common open-source stacks customers ask for. A non-exhaustive sample:

  • CMS and content — WordPress (standalone and cluster), Drupal, Joomla, Magento (standalone and clustered), DjangoCMS, Liferay, OpenCart, PrestaShop, Magnolia CMS, MODX, XWiki, DokuWiki.
  • Dev and CI/CD — GitLab, Jenkins DevOps Pack, Nexus Repository Manager, Spring Boot fat/thin jar builders.
  • Application servers — GlassFish (auto-scalable), Open Liberty (in Kubernetes), Tomcat/TomEE clusters with HA, WildFly continuous deployment, WildFly Managed Domain.
  • Data tier — MySQL/MariaDB/Percona clusters (single and multi-region), PostgreSQL primary/secondary and multi-region clusters, Redis cluster, multi-region Redis, MongoDB, Couchbase CE cluster.
  • Container orchestration — Kubernetes Cluster, Docker Engine CE, Docker Swarm Cluster, GlusterFS replicated volume.
  • Collaboration and ops — Mattermost, Jitsi, ownCloud, osTicket, Redmine, Nextcloud, OpenVPN Access Server.
  • Add-ons — Let’s Encrypt SSL, Git Push Deploy, NGINX Amplify, NGINX Safe Reload, ionCube, New Relic APM, Database Backup/Restore, Database Cluster Recovery, MySQL SSL/TLS, Postgres SSL/TLS, Redis encrypted connection, environment start/stop scheduler, timezone change, WordPress backup/restore.

The set available on a specific platform installation depends on what the operator has enabled — your dashboard reflects what’s actually installable on your tenant.

Subscription products

Some hosting installations also offer subscription-based packages at a fixed price. When enabled, these appear under a separate Subscription Plans section in the marketplace.

Installing a package

  1. Open the Marketplace from the top-left of the dashboard.
  2. Find the package — either browse the categorized list on the left or type into the search box at the top.
  3. Hover for details, then click Install.
  4. Fill in any prompts the package requests. Most packages ask for an environment name, region (on multi-region installations), and an admin email. Application-specific solutions may ask for cluster node counts, database sizes, or feature flags.
  5. Click Install and watch progress in the Tasks panel or the Cloud Scripting logs (Import > JPS > View Logs).
  6. When the install finishes, the dashboard shows a success frame with any credentials or URLs the package generated. The same details are mailed to the account owner.
  7. Click Open in Browser to launch the running application.

Building your own solutions

Marketplace packages are just manifests, and you can build your own. Reference manifests live in public GitHub collections and demonstrate patterns such as auto-scalable WordPress clusters, scalable MySQL with ProxySQL, Let’s Encrypt integration for common stacks, Magento HA clusters, cron-based environment hibernation, and end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for GitHub and GitLab projects.

You can import any of these manifests directly, fork them as a starting point, or develop a manifest from scratch and submit it to the operator for inclusion in the marketplace.

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