Five ways to optimize your Nginx server
Server Management,Nginx is an open-source HTTP(web) server and reverse proxy, and an IMAP/POP3 proxy server (email server). It was developed to tackle the C10K problem that web servers in use at the time, which was largely Apache, were facing. C10K is simply a numeronym that stands for concurrently handling 10000 connections. Nginx was designed with the…
Read moreHigh Memory Usage in SQL – How to avoid it?
Database,When your system is short of memory, MySQL will be killed by the system itself since it can use a lot of memory. This also causes MySQL servers to face high server load. Usually when MySQL is killed, we get the message "mysqld invoked oom-killer". In such cases it is always advisable to restart the…
Read more4 best practices to follow to keep your customers happy
Outsource technical support,outsourced customer support,outsourced web hosting support,Keeping your customers happy is the key to this competitive technology-savvy world that we live in. One negative review /comment /opinion on social media about customer service can spread like a forest fire and break your reputation.
Read moreHow to use layered security to safeguard your server?
HTTP/WebServer,Well most of us in today's scenario talk about "defense in depth" or "layered security". Though they are used interchangeably, they are very separate from each other. Nowadays, building just one level of security to safeguard your server could have devastating consequences down the line. While attackers may easily penetrate the first level of defense,…
Read moreE-mail Authentication
IT Management,We all send Email on our day to day life, We send mails from our Email client (Outlook, Thunderbird ) or from a Web interface (From browser), the mails gets transferred to the recipient. The question is, how secure is our message transfer. What is happening at the background. How the messages that we send…
Read moreAPACHE PHP-FPM MOD_FASTCGI
Linux General,Apache PHP-FPM is an alternative implementation of PHP-FastCGI. In PHP-FPM the PHP process runs as a standalone without the need of web server. It listens for incoming requests on either a TCP or a Unix socket. The web server we use(apache in our case) send requests and connect to PHP processes using FastCGI protocol. As…
Read moreFind open ports on the Linux server using a script
Linux General,Create a .sh file with below script and set execute permission for the scrip file.
Read moreRouting protocol commands list
Network,sh ip route // To view IP routing tables created on a Cisco router.
Read moreGeneral Switch commands
Network,Switch Commands Initial configuration of Switch1 with ip 172.16.10.16
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