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Configuring KeepAlive with Apache RewriteRule [P] Proxying

Published on July 3, 2017 Author gryzli

Apache can be used for proxying requests with mod_proxy to a certain backend/upstream server. Here is how a simple proxy configuration looks: ProxyPreserveHost On RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://192.168.1.1:8080/$1 [P] The Problem The problem with this configuration is that Apache will create new TCP session to backend (192.168.1.1:8080) for every new request it receives. This… Continue reading Configuring KeepAlive with Apache RewriteRule [P] Proxying →

ModSecurity – Using Lua scripts with ModSecurity

Published on December 25, 2015 Author gryzli

If you decide to use ModSecurity ‘s support of Lua, here you can find some usefull tips to consider. Short story … At the time of writing this article, the current ModSecurity version is 2.9.0, which provides plenty of functionalities. However if you want to go deep into web application filtering or maybe you need to… Continue reading ModSecurity – Using Lua scripts with ModSecurity →

Make Your WordPress At Least 3x Faster By Migrating To Nginx + PHP-FPM

Published on November 23, 2015 Author gryzli

If you want to make your WordPress at least 3x faster , then you should definitely read below…. Yesterday I woke up, and my first thought was – I need to make my WordPress blog faster ! Caring about performance ! That’s a great idea and most of the time, there is bunch of… Continue reading Make Your WordPress At Least 3x Faster By Migrating To Nginx + PHP-FPM →

Web pages performance testing

Published on October 10, 2014 Author gryzli

Very often I need to test some page speed and using bunch of websites, which produce very detailed information. Here are some of them: http://www.webpagetest.org/ This is the first one I’ve been using for a long time. Here are some of the features it supports: Select location from which the tests are going… Continue reading Web pages performance testing →