Author Archives: Bogdan
How to install nginx web server on CentOS or Debian
How to install nginx web server on CentOS or Debian Nginx is one of the best web servers available on the internet, Cloudflare is using it to power up all their CDN servers, caching it, compressing data and speeding your website. For those who do not know, it can be used as a standalone server
Add your email account to Gmail
Add your email account to Gmail I received a couple of requests recently from some clients to help them add their own email account to their gmail.com account for easy access. This ease up the need to check their email account in different location. Although personally I do not recommend linking your email accounts together in
Restrict access using squid proxy server
Restrict access using squid proxy server When using a proxy you need to think first and foremost about its security, there’s a lot of bad guys out there that are just looking for a way to find new proxy sites for their own purpose, good or bad. But its not just with squid proxy, any
New feature cache options for Incapsula CDN
Cache options for Incapsula CDN I do write a few articles about website optimizations, how you can speed your website and run it faster, in most cases you can be ok using just normal browser cache, but some websites with lots of resources that needs downloaded at each visit its best to pass them through
Install rpaf module on centos or debian
Install rpaf module on centos or debian What exactly is rpaf? This is acronym for “reverse proxy add forward”, meaning it is used together with a reverse proxy server so that the origin server can see correctly the visitors IP address. Now this is not limited to only reverse proxy, I’ve been using this with
Install mysql server 5.5 on Debian and CentOS 5 and CentOS 6
Install mysql server 5.5 on linux Mysql is the most broadly used database management system on the internet, I’m not entirely sure an exact percent usage, but I’m pretty sure it is the most used one. Compared to previous versions, mysql 5.5 has better multi-core scalability, better IO for Inodb, default storage has now been set
Increase SSL https speed by using spdy apache module
Increase SSL https speed by using spdy apache module I think most of you administrators who have set a SSL certificate for a website so far would know that SSL is slow, damn slow compared to normal request, at least 80% slower. But the very well known company, Google, in their way to speed their
Exclude domains and paths from squid cache
Exclude domains and paths from squid cache I’ve written some time ago an article showing you how to install squid and use it for reverse cache proxy and acceleration, however there are times when you do not want to have a certain urls or paths cached using squid, probably for debugging or similar. Normally you
Install flvtool2, mediainfo and neroAacEnc on centos x86_64
Install flvtool2, mediainfo and neroAacEnc on centos x86_64 A client has requested a few days ago to have the binaries flvtool2, mediainfo and neroAacEnc installed on his dedicated server, well the first two of them were easy to install since these support centos x86_64 by default, and since the dedicated server has lots of ram there,
Getting title, excerpt, category outside loop in wordpress
Getting title, excerpt, category outside loop in wordpress When developing your own template, I found that in some cases it is best not relying on the wordpress loop for getting information related to a specific post in our database. In some case, we just need information for just one article, so its a hassle if
