Apache HTTP Server – Configuration and security

How to install and configure Apache on a web server CentOS or Ubuntu. Essential settings for security, loading speed and optimization.

[Fix phpMyAdmin] The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret)

Regardless of whether phpMyAdmin is installed on an Ubuntu server, CentOS or etc. Fedora distribution, the message "The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret)" in red...

Permanent redirects a Web site to a new one old [Redirect web domain in .htaccess]

When we give up an old website in exchange for a new one, it is good to keep the visitors of the old website and automatically redirect them to the new one...

[Apache fix Error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting

It is a little inappropriate to use the error term in the case of "server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting". It is more of a notification by which…

How to establish an SSH connection to a virtual server (CentOS) installed on VirtualBox.

After seeing how it can be installed CentOS on VirtualBox (tutorial), we will try to see how we can connect via SSH (via putty)...

FIX PROBLEM: Your server is running PHP version 5.1.6 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.

Not everyone knows that to install or upgrade to a newer version of WordPress 3.2, it is necessary that...

Enable & Setup mod_rewrite in Apache / 2.2.3 (CentOS) Server (httpd.conf settings)

After installing LAMP on a web server (CentOS 5.6 / Apache 2) by LAN, I noticed that although the mod_rewrite module is activated, the pages...

Disable / Remove IIS Components - Memory Optimization

W2WP.EXE is a process that is part of a larger set of IIS services. In many cases, this process creates problems with the RAM memory...

Deny Access to IP Spammer

81.95.146.227. From this IP, several spam bots manage to post an average of over 1500 comments per day in a single blog. …

What is .htaccess and how does it work?

It is a file well known to webmasters who seek to decentralize Apache definitions (Apache Directive), to apply new / other rules (cache control, mod_rewrite, php flag, custom error pages, redirect, etc.) on a specific directory (usually public_html). Writing general definitions to an .htaccess file located in the web-root has an effect on all directories and files in that tree. Exceptions are subdomain directories, which are written in Apache config with settings default. If the .htaccess file does not exist, this does not mean that Apache is not controlled. httpd.conf is the file that contains all the necessary directives for young people online in conditions of security and stability, of the hosted sites.
The threads below, we try to give you some useful definitions to teach some tricks you can do with. Htaccess.
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