If you serve normal webpages from your server (with no video content and/or static files served from a CDN), then for 20 concurrent website visitors, you'll not have more than 100Mbps bandwidth (for a dedicated server). These days, it is common to have servers with 1Gbps to 10Gbps network speed. Whether the bandwidth becomes the bottleneck of in-general site speed, you can guess with tools such … [Read more...]
Should I Use IPv4 Only or Use Both IPv4 and IPv6 in My Web Server?
It is not mandatory to use IPv6 on an unmanaged server with root access. Handling IPv6 on an unmanaged server/website with SSL is not simple and depending a person's skills as a sysadmin and manpower. IPv6 was released in December 1998 and written in hexadecimal format. An IP address is a complicated matter and frankly, an individual can not purchase a single IP address. End of the day, still it … [Read more...]
Top 5 Reasons Not To Choose Managed WordPress Hosting
These days, managed WordPress hosting is one of the hosting options for some WordPress website owners. As their cost may cross $100 per month, a practical question arises: is managed WordPress hosting an option to think about? In this article, we have pointed out the reasons why (and also when) not to consider the managed WordPress hosting option. Of course, managed WordPress hosting has many … [Read more...]
HTTP/3 : Basic Details and Present Deployment Options
HTTP up to version 2 relies on the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) as the transport protocol. TCP acknowledges receipt of each data packet. As a result, in the event of a packet loss, all other packets have to wait for the lost one to be retransmitted (head-of-line blocking). Google has been working on an alternative since 2012 under the name QUIC, which was adopted by the IETF and … [Read more...]
How to Change DNS Provider for Domains with DNSSEC Active
DNSSEC is a great security feature for the domains. Previously we published guides on how to enable DNSSEC and DANE TLSA record. Take that, you use Hover as your domain registrar and DNSMadeEasy as your DNS provider. Now you want to move to CloudFlare from DNSMadeEasy. If you suddenly change the DNS with the DNSSEC record active, the website will not open because the function of DNSSEC is to … [Read more...]
How to Decrease the Load Time of SSL (Apache2, WordPress)
There are a bunch of performance tweaks for the Apache webserver running WordPress. Our regular readers are already aware that Apache MPM Event and PHP-FPM, HSTS, HTTP/2 are almost mandatory these days for improved TTFB. In this article, our discussion is only limited to the setting of the Apache web server which you can try on a dedicated running WordPress. For testing the settings, choose a … [Read more...]
How to Install Apache MPM Event and PHP-FPM on Ubuntu Server
If your production server is running Apache, mod_php and mpm prefork and you want to upgrade to MPM Event and PHP-FPM, then it is just a few steps. For this guide, we have tested the workflow on a server which is running PHP 7.2 (which is an old version). You can follow similar steps for any present version of PHP, only modify the version number. We have tested that restarting the server after the … [Read more...]
PHP 8.2 : How to Install the PHP APCu Extension
Yes, PHP APCu Extension (Version 5.1.22 and newer) works with PHP 8.2. Installing and configuring APC (and APCu) on the Apache server was never just running one command. However, PHP 8 changed many things and installing and configuring APCu become more complex. Our old article on Installing APC on PHP 7.2 shows how we used to install PHP APCu in the previous versions plus gives the idea of … [Read more...]
Advantages of Cloud Server Over Dedicated Server for Hosting WordPress
It can be confusing to some of the readers as sometimes we say that dedicated servers are a great choice for hosting WordPress, and other times we are praise cloud servers. Is sponsorship money playing behind these contradictory statements or there are practical problems? Managed dedicated servers are great for performance. Unless you pay a huge behind-the-premium cloud server you never get the … [Read more...]
How to Backup WordPress Site Manually via SSH
If you are running a WordPress website on a cloud server or a VPS, then you may need to take manual backups for various reasons. While this article is not the fastest to read the guide reading this guide will help you to manage your server without requiring you to install any web hosting panel or PHPMyadmin. Before taking a backup, you should look at your MySQL database size. If the size of … [Read more...]
Bash Script for SSH Login with Password
The title "Bash Script for SSH Login with Password" means executing a bash script so you can directly log in to the server without the need to type the SSH command or password. A bash script to automate the SSH login is helpful (for certain automation) and avoids the need for key based login setup. However, we are describing the methodologies to automate SSH login for things such as Raspberry Pi. … [Read more...]