Server management, Linux administration, and infrastructure operations written by a former sysadmin who's been keeping production systems alive since before cloud computing was a marketing term.
Systems Administration
A web server accepts HTTP requests and returns responses. Apache has been doing this since 1995. Nginx rebuilt the model in 2004 and took over the cloud. Here's how they work, how they differ, and how to pick between them.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is the discipline of protecting systems, networks, and data from attack, damage, and unauthorized access. Here's what it actually covers, how attacks work, how defense works, and why every developer needs to understand it.
Self Hosting
I exclusively used WordPress somewhere between 2008 to 2019 – if not earlier than that for me. At least eleven years. That's a good long time to dedicate to a platform. And honestly? For most of that time, I thought WordPress was fine. I was managing my blog, publishing
Systems Administration
I will first highly recommend to read Installing the NGINX Web Server on Debian & Ubuntu and Installing LetsEncrypt's CertBot Package on Debian & Ubuntu articles if you do not already have NGINX and using LetsEncrypt installed and configured. Creating the Configuration File First, we are going to
Systems Administration
When it comes to running a web server for all of my online projects, NGINX is the first that comes to mind for me. By default, it follows my guidelines of running a piece of software – meaning that the software is security-minded, performance-driven, and honestly, really easy to
Systems Administration
LetsEncrypt is one of many Certificate Authorities (CAs) that provide genuine SSL/TLS Certificates to people who want to secure the connection to their website. This allows people to access a website via encrypted HTTPS traffic. The process to make a certificate with LetsEncrypt's CertBot is pretty simple
Systems Administration
When it comes to running a web server for all of my online projects, NGINX is the first that comes to mind for me. By default, it follows my guidelines of running a piece of software – meaning that the software is security-minded, performance-driven, and honestly, really easy to