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Loads Of Tips To Make Your Web Server Fast, Secure And Stable (4)

02-28-2013 06:10 PM #1 caurmen (Administrator)
Loads Of Tips To Make Your Web Server Fast, Secure And Stable

There's one piece of software that will have more impact on your affiliate marketing than anything else - and it's your web server.

So, over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing a bunch of quick tips on how to get the most out of your system. They'll be for all (popular) servers and all levels of tech ability, from "I can use FTP" to "recompile my kernel? Sure!".

I'll also be collecting them all on this one page for easy reading - so check back!


Tip Level: Easy

These tips don't require you to use SSH or the command-line on your server - an FTP client and CPanel's all you need.




Tip Level: Medium

You'll need to use SSH to access your server's command line for these tips, and you'll need to know the basics of the UNIX command line, but you won't need to compile packages or do other Hard Stuff.




Tip Level: Hardcore

You'll need to use SSH, install new packages, and generally mess around with the internals of your system for this stuff. For those of us who are comfortable staring at a screen of obscure error messages!




What's A Web Server And Which One Do I Have?

We tend to use the term "Web Server" to refer to two different things.

The first way we use it is when we're talking about the computer that your tracking and landing pages run on. That could be a real computer or a "fake" computer running in the cloud - for all the details you could ever want, check out the STM Guide To Web Hosting .

The second way we use the term "web server" is when we're talking about the program that takes the web site files you've put on that computer and sends them to the people who click on your ads. There are three well-known web server programs, plus a bunch of lesser-known ones. The well-known ones are Apache, Nginx and Litespeed - here's an explanation of each of them .

If you don't know what web server you're running, it's easy to find out - either ask your web hosts, or use this page to tell you.

10-25-2013 10:33 PM #2 primozb (Member)

Amazing info as always caurmen. How is it going with the nginx tips? Are you too busy with other projects? This guide would be really helpful, because my RAM is getting used quickly by many instances of php-fpm processess. Will your info be related to this problem?
Thank you very much.

10-26-2013 09:05 AM #3 caurmen (Administrator)

Aha - yes, php-fpm management is exactly what I'm intending to cover in that tutorial.

This series has been on hold temporarily whilst I finished off the Getting Started Guide, but I'll get back to it soon!

10-26-2013 10:29 AM #4 primozb (Member)

Great! Based on what I read from you so far (a LOT), I believe this will be fantastic.

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