apache

2015

Woot! Eight years of my blog

14 April 2015·688 words·4 mins

The spring of 2015 marks eight years of this blog! I’ve learned plenty of tough lessons along the way and I’ve made some changes recently that might be handy for other people. After watching Sasha Laundy’s video from her awesome talk at Pycon 2015¹, I’m even more energized to share what I’ve learned with other people. (Seriously: Go watch that video or review the slides whether you work in IT or not. It’s worth your time.)

Let’s start from the beginning.

2014

Apache’s mod_proxy, mod_ssl, and BitTorrent Sync

28 September 2014·337 words·2 mins

BitTorrent Sync allows you to keep files synchronized between multiple computers or mobile devices.

2013

Guide to securing apache

22 October 2013·97 words·1 min

I stumbled upon a helpful guide to securing an apache server via Reddit’s /r/netsec subreddit.

2012

Using OpenSSL’s s_client command with web servers using Server Name Indication (SNI)

7 February 2012·396 words·2 mins

One of the handiest tools in the OpenSSL toolbox is s_client.

OpenStack bleeding-edge Python packages are now available

1 February 2012·174 words·1 min

I sometimes enjoy living on the edge occasionally and that sometimes means I keep up with OpenStack changes commit by commit.

Create a local PyPi repository using only mod_rewrite

1 February 2012·474 words·3 mins

Regular users of Python’s package tools like pip or easy_install are probably familiar with the PyPi repository.

2011

Getting apache, PHP, and memcached working with SELinux

8 September 2011·470 words·3 mins

I’m using SELinux more often now on my Fedora 15 installations and I came up against a peculiar issue today on a new server.

2010

Throwing thoughtful “403 Forbidden” responses with apache

17 November 2010·209 words·1 min

If you offer a web service that users query via scripts or other applications, you’ll probably find that some people will begin to abuse the service.

Private network interfaces: the forgotten security hole

2 March 2010·561 words·3 mins

Regardless of the type of hosting you’re using - dedicated or cloud - it’s important to take network interface security seriously.

A New Year System Administrator Inspiration

4 January 2010·560 words·3 mins

Happy New Year!

2009

Fedora 11 httpd: alloc_listener: failed to get a socket for (null)

14 August 2009·129 words·1 min

If you use Fedora 11 in a virtualized environment, you may have seen this error recently if you’ve updated to apr-1.

Rotating rails logs when using Phusion Passenger

26 June 2009·80 words·1 min

I found a great post on Overstimulate about handling the rotation of rails logs when you use Phusion Passenger.

2008

Apache 2.2: internal dummy connection

24 September 2008·459 words·3 mins

After working with some RHEL 5 servers fairly regularly, I noticed a reduction in Apache 2.

Compress your web content for better performance

19 September 2008·133 words·1 min

Most web developers expend a lot of energy optimizing queries, reducing the overhead of functions, and streamlining their application’s overall flow.

2007

Change the default Apache character set

15 November 2007·120 words·1 min

By default, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 sets the default character set in Apache to UTF-8.

Apache: No space left on device: Couldn’t create accept lock

24 August 2007·404 words·2 mins

This error completely stumped me a couple of weeks ago.