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Andrew Fletcher
Building a resilient web server   Early in the year, we encountered a number of challenges, one of the most disruptive was a sustained wave of automated attacks hammering several of the web servers we manage. The volume of traffic overwhelmed server resources, slowing websites to a crawl and frequently triggering 504 Gateway Timeout errors. With uptime and user experience at risk, we needed a robust solution to detect and block malicious traffic in real time, before it could do further...
Andrew Fletcher
Across every industry, the operational risks of cyber threats are escalating....
Andrew Fletcher
Securing sensitive content is essential for protecting data integrity and user...
Andrew Fletcher
In today's security-conscious world, enforcing HTTPS on your web applications is...
Andrew Fletcher
The current Nginx version running is 1.18.0.  It seems like the Nginx...
Andrew Fletcher
On a server directory with over 100,000 PDF files, I needed to verify the existence of specific documents. Whether there are a few hundred or whatever the number of files, this article explores the practical use of command-line tools to quickly ascertain whether a file is present. In the area of server management or application development, especially on systems like Ubuntu equipped with Nginx, it's crucial to perform routine checks to ensure that all necessary files are in place. Whether it's...
Andrew Fletcher
To resolve the CVE-2022-48624 vulnerability on Ubuntu using Nginx, it's crucial...
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In many terminal text editors, you use find command as reference in Terminal...
Andrew Fletcher
In an environment that is running Ubuntu 20.02 Nginx Solr   The default...
Andrew Fletcher
Adding an SSL wildcard certificate to an Ubuntu server involves several steps....
Andrew Fletcher
When logging into Ubuntu server you will see a response similar to Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-1049-azure x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage System information as of Fri Oct 13 02:54:35 UTC 2023 System load: 0.02 Processes: 166 Usage of /: 3.9% of GB Users logged in: 1 Memory usage: 23% IPv4...
Andrew Fletcher
Forcing https and www or non-www is a process that I was a custom to through...
Andrew Fletcher
Recently a client handed me code that runs an app through iOS and Android....
Andrew Fletcher
Goal: Restrict content access through username and password entry on an Nginx...
Andrew Fletcher
Only a month ago, running an app through the Android Studio emulator was running...