Remove server signature from apache
Add the following to your config to disable apache version being displayed in the host header: ServerSignature Off ServerTokens Prod
View Article“Access denied” in e107 when updating settings in admin panel
For a few hours I was stuck on an issue with e107 CMS that wouldn’t allow me to make any modifications in the admin. The problem stems back to a year ago when a forum was hacked on my server. In...
View ArticleGraceful Apache Restart for Log Rotation in Windows
Don’t get me started why you would ever run Apache on windows, but if you do you will need to rotate the logs. I didn’t want to stop/start the service because this was disruptive to the website that...
View ArticleApache accessing CIFS, SAMBA, or NFS share.
This sendfile mechanism avoids separate read and send operations, and buffer allocations. But on some platforms or within some filesystems, it is better to disable this feature to avoid operational...
View ArticleLighttpd vs Apache image hosting on CIFS share with 50K plus images
I spent a large amount of time trying to figure out why lighttpd was unable to perform well when hosting images from a cifs mount. The cifs mount had very large directories, some of with contained 50K...
View ArticleSimple performance increase for php websites
After following the post here, http://www.tecmint.com/install-xcache-to-accelerate-and-optimize-php-performance/ I was able to get about a 5x performance gain in php applications on my web server. Very...
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