I am preparing a small browser-based math learning application and would appreciate advice on a sensible CyberPanel setup for an early production deployment. The app accepts typed equations, word problems, and uploaded question images, then returns step-by-step explanations. Traffic is modest now, but requests can be bursty around homework hours.
My current plan is one site behind OpenLiteSpeed, HTTPS enabled, conservative PHP/process limits, and a separate worker for the AI requests so a slow response does not block ordinary page delivery. I also plan to set strict upload size and file-type limits, keep temporary files outside the public directory, and use scheduled backups with an off-server copy.
For monitoring, would you recommend starting with CyberPanel's built-in statistics and server logs, or adding an external uptime check immediately? I am also unsure whether Redis adds useful value at this scale, or whether simple application caching is easier to maintain until traffic grows.
The public product is a free math ai solver, so response time matters, but reliability and straightforward recovery matter more than squeezing out the last bit of performance. If anyone runs a similar small educational web app, I would be interested in practical values for worker limits, backup frequency, and the first metrics you watch. I am particularly keen to avoid overengineering the initial server while leaving a clean path to scale later.