Nginx can be used to host multiple websites on a single server which reduces the extensive process of creating a new server for the site. Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 holds an enabled server block by default which is generally configured to serve the documents out of directory at /var/www/html. In the case of serving multiple sites, an additional directory needs to be created. Let’s see how to create one.
Apart from being the HTTP server efficiency, Nginx can also function as a reverse proxy, proxy server (for mail), load balancer and HTTP cache server. Thus, optimizing the web server like Nginx to achieve an effective performance is not a simple thing and needs effective implementation too. To achieve this effective performance, follow the optimization of the below parameters.
Redis is an in-memory data structure store and primarily used as a database, cache and message broker. It supports almost most of the programming languages and works well in systems like Linux, OS X, etc. without the need for any external dependencies. This article will take you to the how-to of installing and configuring Redis on Ubuntu system.
Nginx, the most widely used web servers in recent years is popularly known for its simple configuration, stability and high performance. Unlike the other web servers, it can also function as a proxy server and cache server. This article will help you find the how-to of installing the Magento platform using Nginx web server on Ubuntu 18.04.
MySQL, open-source software and most widely opted relational database management system (RDBMS). It is also a component of the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP/Python) software stack and supports almost every other operating system. This article will help you to find the how-to of installing, updating and testing Magento using MySQL database server on Ubuntu 18.04.
PHP, an open-source scripting language is the most widely used language by the web developers and regarded as the most suitable one for HTML language. One you can use this scripting language for managing of dynamic content, session tracking, databases, and also to build an e-commerce site. In this article, the how-to of installing, updating and testing Magneto using PHP version 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 is discussed.
The Varnish is a web application accelerator and caching HTTP reverse proxy installed to reduce the loading time of web pages and thereby, to increase the web server’s speed and performance. Generally, Varnish will be installed in front of your web server to act as an absolute boon for content-heavy dynamic sites. Let’s see how to install Varnish on an operating system like Ubuntu.
MySQL, free and open-source relational database is the most opted server among the developers’ community. For a stable application, configuration and performance are the key components. Therefore, it is necessary to tune the MySQL server so as to enhance the efficiency of any application.
PHP-FPM stands for PHP-FastCGI Process Manager, primarily focused to manage the heavy loaded sites is an alternative to FastCGI daemon for PHP. There are basic attributes which will be presented in the PHP-FPM by default. In this article, you will see how to tweak (or improve) these basic attributes to the desired number at a required time such as during high-traffic days.
HAProxy is an open-source High availability proxy and load balancer that is popularly known for its efficiency and speed. Works for TCP and HTTP protocols, it is used to enhance the performance of a website by splitting up the load across multiple servers and to simplify the request processing tasks. Check this article to work this out on your system.
