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Nginx hosting: common commands

On 9. January 2023 By Falk Jeromin In Server

If you host your blog yourself, you will need some commands from time to time. To avoid having to google it every time, I created this overview that serves several purposes. It can be used no matter ...

Host WordPress blog at home in 3 steps

On 27. March 2021 By Falk Jeromin In Server

If you run a small private blog like this one and have a fast enough internet connection (especially the upload is important), you can consider hosting it directly at home. This has some advantages, ...

Why WordPress security is important

On 28. January 2019 By Falk Jeromin In Server

Those who run a small blog may think that a secure password or 2-factor authentication are not so important. However, this is a fallacy: even a blog little only a few dozen accesses a day ...

Nginx: Do not save IP address in log files

On 29. May 2018 By Falk Jeromin In Server, Netz

If you want to store as little data as possible for data protection reasons - DSGVO is the keyword - you can define an appropriate log file format. This anonymizes both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. For the error logs, unfortunately, no new ...

Let's encrypt: Pitfalls with domain change

On 15. February 2017 By Falk Jeromin In Server

Some time ago I changed the domain of my blog - from www.kadder.de to www.techblogger.net. There was a pitfall with the use of Let's encrypt. The approach: when changing the domain, of course, from ...

Nginx: keep ngx_pageespeed up to date

On 29. November 2015 By Falk Jeromin In Allgemein, Server

If you use the Nginx-Pagespeed module - like I do on tech-blogger.net and routerzwang.de - you should keep it up to date. This can save you a lot of troubleshooting. If you already compile Nginx yourself, and the module ...

Nginx: PHP alternative HHVM

On 1. November 2015 By Falk Jeromin In Server

If you want to further optimize the execution speed of PHP scripts, sooner or later you will stumble upon HHVM - a just-in-time compiler for PHP. HHVM can be easily installed via the Debian package management. Once that is done, it can be installed in the ...

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