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Category Archives: Server setup
A look at installing your own tools on WebFaction servers
In previous posts, we’ve demonstrated how to use software we provide through one-click installers or through your shell account. But sometimes you may want to use something we haven’t installed. Today we’d like to give a better picture of how … Continue reading
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A look at version control on our servers
Appending version_36 or final_2 to a file name is no way to keep track of different versions of files. Instead, we’re lucky to have a wide variety of version control tools at our disposal. And a webserver is no place … Continue reading
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World IPv6 Launch day
As you may have heard today is World IPv6 Launch day. A lot of companies around the world have worked hard to be IPv6-ready by today. The world is running out of IPv4 addresses and the solution is the new … Continue reading
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A Look at Our PHP Setup
In the tradition of A look at our Python setup, today’s post is all about WebFaction’s PHP setup. While some of our specialized installers get a lot of attention, we know that PHP is an important, if not glamorous, part … Continue reading
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Server Name Indication enabled on all servers
A few weeks ago we enabled Server Name Indication (SNI) on all of our servers. SNI allows you to use an SSL certificate for your secure site (https) without having to buy a dedicated IP address. It works by having … Continue reading
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Fair shared hosting
Traditional shared hosting has always suffered from the “bad neighbor problem”: your site runs fine until another user on the machine decides to encode 20 video files and all of the sudden your site is very sluggish. That problem is … Continue reading
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New server setup: Centos-6-64bit, MySql-5.5 and Postgresql-9.1
A few weeks ago we quietly started using a new setup for our new servers based on Centos-6-64bit. Apart from the new Centos version and the new architecture the main difference is that they run the latest MySql and Postgresql … Continue reading
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A little holiday present: 10,000 reqs/sec with Nginx!
Updated Dec 19 at 05:15 CDT (first posted Dec 18 at 06:01 CDT) by Remi A few weeks ago we quietly started to configure our new machines with Nginx as the front web server instead of Apache (we still run … Continue reading
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