Nginx tuning tips: HTTPS/TLS – Turbocharge TTFB/Latency

Are you looking to optimize the performance of Nginx? One way to do so is by tuning Nginx to support the latest TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols (TLS 1.2 & TLS 1.3). In this article, we’ll explore how optimizing Nginx’s TLS config can reduce TTFB (Time To First Byte) latency and turbocharge website speed, providing […]

How to Set Up an Nginx Certbot

If you are looking to automate the process of obtaining, installing, and updating TLS/SSL certificates on your web server, then Let’s Encrypt is a very useful tool. It is a certificate authority (CA) that comes packaged with a corresponding software client, Certbot, that will automatically install TLS/SSL certificates. This means that you can run encrypted HTTPS […]

NGINX Reverse Proxy Metrics to Monitor

NGINX is one of the most popular web servers nowadays, especially for Linux web servers. According to nginx.com, it powers more than 400 million websites. It is, however, probably even more commonly used as a reverse proxy. Since it acts as a go-between for your application and your users, it’s important to properly monitor NGINX […]

LEMP Raspberry Pi 2 Web Server – Arch Linux, Nginx, MariaDB (MySQL) & PHP

Download the Latest LEMP Raspberry Pi 2 Web Server Image   To Do: – Update my.cnf for RPi2 (1G of memory) and enable InnoDB by default. – Fix broken PHP modules. (gd, imap and mcrypt)   Change log 09-16-2015 – Fixed sshd root access and enabled autostart of sshd on boot. 09-12-2015 – Tested image on 3 […]

Download LEMP for Raspberry Pi: Nginx + MariaDB (MySQL) + PHP

Download latest image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lemp-raspberry-pi/files/latest/download Change log 07-16-2014 – After today’s changes RAM usage on first boot is down to <100mb. 07-16-2014 – Set most logs to save to memory instead of SD card. (up to 10M or 1 day max) 07-16-2014 – Reduced system log level from “info” to “warning”. Reduce SD contention. 07-16-2014 – Uninstalled ntpd daemon. Replaced […]

How to install NginxCP on CloudLinux (cPanel)

Update: NginxCP is has been abandoned. Have a look instead at CPnginx.  While working with cPanel on CentOS and RedHat over the years I’ve read good things about Cloudlinux. However, I never played around with it and decided that this week I would take a look. NginxCP is a very common solution for admins looking to […]

Using New Relic to Monitor Nginx. Here’s how.

Back in 2013 New Relic introduced Plugin Central, where New Relic’s partners, third-party vendors, and users can publish plugin agents that collect selected metric data, and users can install and view the plugin data on their dashboards as a set of summary metrics, charts, and tables. This allows you to use a single platform to monitor […]

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