For this project, I worked with Aviazione Civile Italiana, an aviation-focused community, to modernize and stabilize their entire server and web stack. They were running on an outdated, end-of-life OS with legacy software that hadn’t been updated in years, which posed serious security and performance risks.

I started by migrating everything to a new server running a modern, actively supported OS. From there, I installed and configured the latest version of Plesk, ensuring the setup was secure, optimized, and production-ready.

Their community platform, Xenforo, along with a large set of add-ons and a theme, was also heavily outdated. I upgraded Xenforo to the latest stable version, updated all add-ons, and themes.

To wrap up, I performed server-level optimizations and fixed several long-standing bugs, resulting in a faster, more stable experience for their users.

This was a full-stack upgrade and cleanup—OS, control panel, forum software, and performance—executed smoothly and with minimal downtime.