Learn how to set up and configure Nginx and take it from there. If you’re into Nginx, you’re sure to find a lot of essential tutorials below.
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X-Content-Type-Options Header Implementation in Apache, Nginx, IBM HTTP Server & Shared Hosting Every resource served from a web server is associated with MIME type (also called content-type). There is a possibility to execute style sheet and steal content from another site through content type doesn’t match. You may prevent this vulnerability in Internet Explorer or…
Nginx security best practices. Nginx is the fastest growing web server in the industry, and currently, it holds number two position in market share. It was initially released in 2004, and since then it has earned an excellent reputation and used in top million busiest sites. There is a reason for that – Nginx is…
Having a default product error page from Apache HTTP or Nginx doesn’t look good, and it reveals version information, which leads to information leakage vulnerability. If you haven’t’ implemented a custom error page for your web application, then you must consider doing it for many reasons, including below. Branding – Show customized messages with your…
Monitor and analyze web server logs with open source real-time log analyzer – GoAccess Web troubleshooting is fun and can be frustrating if you are not equipped with right tools. If you are supporting heavy traffic website then often you need to analyze and monitor web servers logs for performance & capacity planning. This is…
Let’s learn how to configure Apache and Nginx to host multiple websites. Hosting sites on the Cloud server gives much flexibility compared to shared hosting. You can install whatever you like, scale up or down, and configure for better performance and cost-optimization. If you are running multiple business sites but don’t want to host them…
If you are hosting your website on Cloud or dedicated server then, you will be given dedicated IP by hosting provider. This means your website is accessible through domain and IP, both of which could cause duplicate content if search engine indexes both URL and IP. Duplicate content is not good for SEO, and this is…
Setting up a website on VPS is always fun. I selected DigitalOcean for BestFlare, and while uploading the WordPress theme, I got request entity too large error. Are you in the same situation? Error, which I got: Let’s find out how large was requested entity. Login to Nginx server Go to the error file log location….
Redirect 403 HTTP status return code to 404 Why? 403 (forbidden) HTTP status code gives a clue about a correct path, and you don’t have permission to access it. This confirms file/folder exists and it’s restricted. Thus, 403 allows the hacker to know more about your file system structure and room for security vulnerabilities. It’s a good…
A step-by-step guide to installing Nginx on UNIX platforms. Nginx was released in 2004 and since then growing rapidly. It holds more than 30% market share in web servers. Let’s take a look at the installation procedure for various UNIX distro. Ubuntu Ensure you are logged in as a root Execute the following command apt-get install nginx…
I encountered the following error in Nginx. $./nginx ./nginx: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ If you are getting the above error while starting Nginx, you can fix it by following. This happens due to the following three reasons. You don’t have PCRE installed…
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