Tag: Web Servers

  • Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution

    Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution

    Python scripts may face issues when specific requirements don’t meet at runtime. In this article, We’ll see “Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution”. Just by looking at the error message, it seems more like a DNS failure or hostname issue (not propagated globally yet). But it is different […]

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  • Installing Nginx from source on Debian

    Installing Nginx from source on Debian

    Installing Nginx on Debian is easy, but that may be outdated. Since Debian is stable Linux distribution, we cannot blame them for this. That’s why we are going to install Nginx from source on Debian. 1. Refresh the Debian system once. sudo apt update 2. Installing needed packages. sudo apt install curl gnupg2 ca-certificates lsb-release […]

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  • Installing Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS Certificate on Debian running Nginx

    Installing Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS Certificate on Debian running Nginx

    Using Debian Linux and Nginx web server to manage your applications and websites, now it is easy to install free SSL/TLS certificates as Let’s Encrypt enabled us to make website HTTPS enabled. We will be using certbot tool to get all our work easy. 1. SSH into the server and update it once. SSH into […]

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  • Make Let’s Encrypt folder accessible

    Make Let’s Encrypt folder accessible

    Using Let’s Encrypt is the best way to get free SSL/TLS certificates and their is a client certbot that makes it easy to install and manage all the job of creating and automatically renewing them. But some Linux users encounter a Permission denied error when they try to enter into or cd into /etc/letsencrypt/live directory, […]

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  • Linux vs. Windows servers – which one should I choose?

    Linux vs. Windows servers – which one should I choose?

    Imagine that you are a talented chef who prepares and sells meals in a tiny kitchen at home. You have several pots and pans, and you always get the job done on time, but after a few months, your home business has taken off, and now you need some extra and bigger kitchen stuff. A […]

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  • How to speed up your website?

    How to speed up your website?

    Obviously having a slow-loading website will prevent people from staying on your site. If it takes longer than 4 seconds to load a page, many people will leave. Not only will speeding up your site help with retaining visitors, but it will also be good for SEO. One of the factors in the Google algorithm […]

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  • How to install Nginx on Fedora?

    How to install Nginx on Fedora?

    Nginx is an open-source web server (free HTTP Server software), in addition to its HTTP Server capabilities, it can also function as a Proxy Server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP Servers. As of today, Nginx has been used by far more than […]

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  • Optimize NGINX for high-traffic websites

    Optimize NGINX for high-traffic websites

    Nginx is the most famous and widely used web server application for websites today. For static websites, Nginx is no less than a boon, while for dynamic websites it serves the need of a most efficient and lightweight webserver. The default Nginx configuration is enough to take moderate web traffic battle, but you can optimize […]

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  • What is Time to First Byte (TTFB)?

    Time To First Byte, TTFB, is a measurement used to indicate the responsiveness of the web servers and resources. In the web development and hosting industry, time to the first byte is used to define the initial server response time, which is the very first piece of code or file that a browser receives upon […]

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  • How to reduce initial server response time?

    Once you test your website on benchmarking tools like — PageSpeed, GTmetrix, Pingdom, or WebPageTest; you might have encountered a red signal that says to reduce initial server response time. What is that? If you do not know what is response time, then take it as how fast a web page opens up for you […]

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  • What is shared hosting?

    What is shared hosting?

    To host a project or website online we make use of a web hosting service and the beginning would be a shared hosting, which is easy to begin with and inexpensive for an under developing projects. Shared hosting is a type of web hosting service where multiple sites are hosted and managed on a single […]

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  • How to reduce server response times?

    How to reduce server response times?

    While optimizing a website for a greater performance we need to improve its foundation, which is server response time or time to first byte (TTFB). In an earlier article we learned about the TTFB, and we learned that the server’s latency affects the website speed. When we test a website on tools like GTmetrix, Lighthouse, […]

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