Apache is a widely used web server and web server security is one of the most important aspects while configuring a web server. ModSecurity works like a firewall for Apache web servers. It also monitors HTTP traffic in real-time to detect attacks. Here is a complete guide to configure ModSecurity on the Apache web server. ModSecurity also works as an … Read More »
Nginx was developed in 2004 by Igor Sysoev. Nginx was developed to fix the C10K problem. This error has to do with handling 10K concurrent connections. Even though Nginx is powerful and can handle a good amount of traffic. Still, there are methods to optimize Nginx for high traffic so it can handle way more traffic than usual. Prerequisites Tuning … Read More »
Nginx is a fast, open-source, and reliable web server. More than 40% of websites use Nginx because it needs fewer resources, high scalability, easy configuration, and support for various protocols. Still, there are some tuning tips that you can use to boost Nginx performance. Following the mentioned changes, your website’s performance will increase by 50%. Prerequisites Enabling HTTP2 When you … Read More »
When you install a package on Ubuntu, the package manager installs the binary packages with all the other dependencies. In the future, when the package is no longer needed, you should uninstall it because loading the server with unneeded packages will slow down the server. Here is an easy guide to uninstall or remove packages from Ubuntu. We will be … Read More »
Website performance is the most critical factor for ranking, user engagement, and much more. Many things make a website faster and one of them is compression. Compressing files not only makes a website faster, but it also reduces your web hosting bills as small files need less bandwidth. If you are using Nginx as your website, you can take the … Read More »
People are doing a lot to boost their WordPress website’s performance. Many are spending money on buying plugins, many are purchasing pricy hostings and whatnot. Here in this tutorial, I will show you how you can install and configure Redis as an object cache for WordPress. Prerequisites To set up Redis, you need a configured WordPress server and a root … Read More »