Web Servers

A web server is a computer that runs websites and online applications.

  • Installing Nginx from source on Debian

    Installing Nginx from source on Debian

    Installing Nginx on Debian is easy, but that may be outdated. Since Debian is stable Linux distribution, we cannot blame them for this. That’s why we are going to install Nginx from source on Debian.…

  • Installing Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate on Debian running Nginx

    Installing Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate on Debian running Nginx

    Using Debian Linux and Nginx web server to manage your applications and websites, now it is easy to install free SSL/TLS certificates as Let’s Encrypt enabled us to make website HTTPS enabled. We will be…

  • Make Let’s Encrypt folder accessible

    Make Let’s Encrypt folder accessible

    Using Let’s Encrypt is the best way to get free SSL/TLS certificates and their is a client certbot that makes it easy to install and manage all the job of creating and automatically renewing them.…

  • Linux vs. Windows servers – which one should I choose?

    Linux vs. Windows servers – which one should I choose?

    Imagine that you are a talented chef who prepares and sells meals in a tiny kitchen at home. You have several pots and pans, and you always get the job done on time, but after…

  • How to speed up your website?

    How to speed up your website?

    Obviously having a slow-loading website will prevent people from staying on your site. If it takes longer than 4 seconds to load a page, many people will leave. Not only will speeding up your site…

  • How to install Nginx on Fedora?

    How to install Nginx on Fedora?

    Nginx is an open-source web server (free HTTP Server software), in addition to its HTTP Server capabilities, it can also function as a Proxy Server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a Reverse Proxy…

  • Optimize NGINX for High-Traffic Websites

    Optimize NGINX for High-Traffic Websites

    Nginx is the most famous and widely used web server application for websites today. For static websites, Nginx is no less than a boon, while for dynamic websites it serves the need of a most…

  • What is Time to First Byte (TTFB)?

    What is Time to First Byte (TTFB)?

    Time To First Byte, TTFB, is a measurement used to indicate the responsiveness of the web servers and resources. In the web development and hosting industry, time to the first byte is used to define…

  • How To Reduce Initial Server Response Time?

    How To Reduce Initial Server Response Time?

    When you test a website or a webpage on the website benchmarking tools like — PageSpeed, GTmetrix, Pingdom, or WebPageTest; you might have encountered a red signal that says to reduce initial server response time.…

  • What is shared hosting?

    What is shared hosting?

    To host a project or website online we make use of a web hosting service and the beginning would be a shared hosting, which is easy to begin with and inexpensive for an under developing…

  • How To Reduce Server Response Times?

    How To Reduce Server Response Times?

    While optimizing a website for a greater performance we need to improve its foundation, which is server response time or time to first byte (TTFB). In an earlier article we learned about the TTFB, and…

  • What does headless mean?

    Headless simply means without head, but in technical term headless often referred to as a system that works without any graphical user interface (in short GUI). For example, servers in the data centers are headless,…