Apache and NGINX are two of the most widely used web servers on the internet serving billions of web pages daily. Apache has been around since the mid-1990s and has long been the dominant player in the market, while Nginx introduced in 2004 and has gained popularity even at a faster rate in a shorter … Read more
A web server is software applications that delivers web page content, dynamic and static to web clients such as a browser or a mobile application over the HTTP protocols. Web servers are critical pieces of internet infrastructure used by busienss and individuals to reach their audiences. How Web Servers Work Web servers work by receiving … Read more
All the terms in website development and building can become overwhelming for a newcomer to this space. In this post, I will provide an explanation of and differences between a web server vs a website vs a web page and a web service. What is a Web Server A web server is software applications that … Read more
Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install NGINX web server, MySQL Server and PHP on an Ubuntu Server. I will also go over the details of setting up SSL and Virtual Host Configuration for NGINX. Let’s start with our installation on the Ubuntu version of Linux. NGINX HTTPD Web … Read more
Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install Apache HTTPD webserver, MySQL Server and PHP on an Ubuntu Server. I will also go over the details of setting up SSL and VirtualHost Configuration for Apache. The LAMP Stack LAMP stack is a set of technology components used together to create … Read more
Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install Nginx webserver and PHP on Windows 10, 11 or Windows Server. I will show where to download and how to do the configuration of Apache and integration with PHP. I will also discuss some advanced configuration options for the setup as well. … Read more
Introduction In this post, I will go over details of how to install Apache HTTPD webserver and PHP on Windows 10, 11 or Windows Server. By installing Apache and PHP on your Windows machine, you will create a local web development environment to test and develop any PHP website. websites before publishing them to the … Read more
Web servers like Apache, IIS, and Nginx are designed to serve client requests over the HTTP protocol. In that process, they can save information about requests and responses in logging files using standard log formats. The known formats are used across different web servers making it easy to understand logging information. See Also In this … Read more
Apache web server access and error logs provide important information showing the activity being performed by the server and errors encountered in the process. Using command line tools to parse Apache web server log files is a quick way to monitor production server activity, and can also be used during development and testing and for … Read more
Centralizing Apache Logs By default, Apache stores all logs on the local disk. This works well for development environments and small deployments but can become unsustainable once you have more than one server. Not only is it frustrating having to open each log file on each server, but trying to trace requests across multiple servers … Read more