Web Servers

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

  • 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,…

  • How To Redirect 404 to the Homepage in Nginx?

    How To Redirect 404 to the Homepage in Nginx?

    When a requested URL is not available or not found, it’s advisable to redirect them to another URL or to a homepage that’s user-friendly. Nginx web server allows us to redirect off such 404 error…

  • How to fix “Specify a Vary: Accept-Encoding Header” warning?

    While optimizing your website for website performance using tools (ex. GTmetrix), you’ll run into a “specify a vary: accept-encoding header” warning. What exactly does this mean? How can we fix this? In this tutorial, we’ll…