Guide
App hosting
Run a small app or keep a database online without using your own domain. You choose an app name. We create the address under your account, then you manage files and the database in My NovaMX.
When to use it
Use this for a small API, a webhook, a demo, a tool, or a database that should not sit on the domain visitors type. Choose Web Basic or higher when people should reach a normal website on a domain you register. App hosting does not include mailboxes.
What is included
App hosting includes one app, 10 GB storage, one database, FTP/SFTP, SSL, daily backups, environment values, visitor IP rules and Website monitoring Free. Extra apps are available as an add-on. Website hosting packages already include apps: Web Basic 1, Business 3, Multi Domain 5, Enterprise 10. Current monthly and yearly rates are on the Pricing page.
Create the app
In My NovaMX open Domains, then App hosting. Enter an app name (letters, numbers, hyphens). We add your account id to the address, for example billing.yourid.novamx.host, so another customer can use the same app name. Reserved names such as mail or www cannot be chosen.
Manage files and databases
On the app in My NovaMX, use Open site, Files, Database, Environment values or Visitor IP. Those buttons open the address or jump to Website tools for that app. You can also pick the app as the active domain in the header. Store API keys under Website, then Environment values. PHP reads them with getenv(). They are not stored in public files. If a path is not a real file, NovaMX sends it to index.php. The database is only reachable from your hosting account on the NovaMX server, not from the public internet.
Traffic
Traffic from the hosting server is not billed per GB. It follows fair use for normal websites and small services. Video, open file dumps and proxies are not that. For busy public delivery, add CDN (metered). The Acceptable Use Policy already allows NovaMX to warn or rate-limit if shared hosting is affected.
Remove an app
Choose Remove on the app, then confirm. NovaMX takes the address offline and deletes the files and database for that app. The slot becomes free again. App hosting as a package stays until you cancel it under Billing.
Limit who can open the app
In My NovaMX open Website, then Visitor IP rules. Allow or block visitor addresses for the whole app, or for one path such as /admin or /hooks/mollie. The same tool works for your own hosted domain and hosted subdomains. It is included with App hosting and with Web Basic and higher, not a paid add-on. The rule applies to that hostname only. See Help, Visitor IP rules, for the steps.
Passwords, CORS and SQL
Website also has Directory password, CORS, Error pages and SQL. SQL runs only after you sign in to My NovaMX. Origin responses use gzip or Brotli. A Preview URL is a random novamx.host address for your own registered domain before DNS switch, not for App hosting addresses that already have a public URL.
Emails from NovaMX
NovaMX emails you when the app is ready, when setup or removal needs a retry, and when a custom app address on your own domain becomes live. Those messages go to the account email. Add a Website monitoring check if you also want downtime emails for the app URL.