Once Pionia Shop works locally, this section covers how to run and ship it — from php pionia serve on port 8000 to RoadRunner workers, OPcache preload, and zero-downtime deploys for Pionia Shop.

Who this is for#

You have a working Pionia Shop API (product, customer, order, wallet services) and need to operate it in dev and production — CLI commands, persistent workers, logs under storage/logs/, and deploy-time optimization without rewriting application code.

What you will learn#

• Which CLI commands you run daily vs only on deploy
• How to move from the built-in server to RoadRunner workers
• Where to configure caching, logging, maintenance mode, and /stats metrics

How it works#

flowchart LR
  Dev["php pionia serve :8000"] --> RR[php pionia runserver]
  RR --> Opt[php pionia optimize --production]
  Opt --> Ship[Deploy + restart workers]
  Ship --> Obs["Logs / stats / cache"]

Development uses a single-process PHP server. Production adds persistent workers, optional OPcache preload, shared cache stores, and observability — all configured in your app, not in framework vendor code.

Daily commands#

Observability & background work#

Production checklist#

composer install --no-dev -o
php pionia migrate
php pionia optimize --production
php pionia runserver --detach
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/ping

Common mistakes#

• Running optimize on every code change — use it at deploy time; local dev does not need preload or bootstrap caches.
• Expecting php pionia serve to match production — HTTP/1 only, no job queue; use RoadRunner for production-like testing.
• Forgetting to restart workers after deploy when opcache.validate_timestamps=0 — stale bytecode until FPM/RR reload.
• Leaving /stats open in production without STATS_TOKEN — see Developer stats.

What’s next#