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Mod_Expires Configuration In Apache
mod_expires is a module which runs on the Apache web server. It allows manipulation of the cache control headers to leverage browser caching. What this means more specifically is that you will be able to set values on how long the image will be stored by the browser when a client makes a request. This […]
How To Setup mod_rewrite In Apache
mod_rewrite is a Apache module installed on linux servers to manipulate URLs submitted in the browser to perform other functions than it appears. Mod_rewrite can improve SEO appearing to give it a static appearance. This guide assumes you already have Apache installed, if you do not please see How to Install Apache Enable mod_rewrite You will […]
How To Install And Configure mod_auth_mysql On Apache
What Is Mod_Auth_Mysql? mod_auth_mysql is an Apache module used for authenticating users against a MySQL database. It is commonly used to protect items on a website via a user login prompt. The module is able to authenticate against a MySQL database to check for a valid username and password, it supports various encryption methods. You can view […]
Install mod_deflate on Apache
Mod_deflate is an apache module. Prior to having mod_deflate it was mod_gzip. Post apache 2.0 mod_deflate is used, it provides a slightly better compression than mod_gzip. It allows the size of certain file types to be compressed which in-turn allows clients to be able to download these files faster. This will cause the site itself […]
Blocking Bad UserAgents with ModSecurity and Fail2ban
Many bots crawl websites that do nothing to generate positive traffic for the site. They just use up available resources and bandwidth of the server. You can reduce this drastically by implementing blocking using ModSecurity to detect the bad agents and then fail2ban to block them in iptables for a period of time. This guide […]
How To Configure A Nginx Reverse Proxy With Apache
Nginx can as a reverse proxy to Apache. Nginx does best at serving static content extremely fast whereas Apache can process dynamic content and use all of the various Apache modules and .htaccess that are typically the web standard of hosting. This guide assumes you already have a Apache installation and would like to add […]
mod_proxy Installation and Configuration on Apache
Introduction mod_proxy is a proxy/gateway for the Apache server. It allows you to direct Apache requests to other sites and/or ports within the web server. It can also support load balancing algorithms as well. This guide assumes you already have Apache 2.2 installed from source to build the modules. To read more about it you […]
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