…min /usr/share/phpMyAdmin # Apache 2.4 Require ip 127.0.0.1 Require ip ::1 # Apache 2.2 Order Deny,Allow # comment out Allow from All and add your own static IPs here for security # Allow from All Allow from 123.456.7.… 15, 2, 1, 0 and 1028.41
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How to Configure APC Cache on Virtual Servers with PHP running under FCGId
…but WordPress requires a plugin called W3 Total Cache. First Things First Please read my posts about APC on commodity virtual hosting servers and Apache and MySQL performance tuning before you begin. If you are running your virtual servers under FCGId, then you should do so for all virtual servers on your machine. Why? Because […]
Apache config for Worker MPM vs Prefork MPM
…if apache has Worker MPM compiled in: /usr/sbin/httpd.worker -l If you see worker.c in the list of compiled-in modules, Apache can run Worker MPM. Here is some useful info to help if your installation of Apache will work with Worker MPM: http://www.virtualmin.com/node/15046 http://articles.slicehost.com/2010/5/19/configuring-the-apache-mpm-on-centos Un-Comment HTTPD=/usr/sbin/httpd.worker in /etc/sysconfig/httpd restart apache do some perf… 10, 1, 3, 0 […]
Tuning Apache and MySQL for Best Performance in a Shared Virtual Hosting Environment
…llent free firewall & LFD. This will help prevent brute force probes, port flooding, DDOS, etc. If you have 600 virtual hosts running on a server, it is very likely that the server is experiencing constant malicious exploits, especially if you are also running email servers on the same IP addresses. If your host does […]
Fail2Ban Regex for RedHat, Fedora, CentOS and Amazon Linux 2013
…in those logs, no single RegEx, nor log file location, is going to work for every distribution. Neither can Fail2Ban account for every change in log file location or structure from version to version. What worked for Centos 5.x may not work for CentOS 6.x; what worked in kernel 2.8 may be invalid in kernel 3.4. […]
WordPress with W3 Total Cache on Nginx with APC (Virtualmin)
…your server, and set up a clean install of Virtualmin with Nginx as the Alternative Web Server. Switching from Apache to Nginx later is difficult, as is transferring apache virtual server backups. Best to start fresh and build from scratch. Testing the Virtualmin Nginx Modules Virtualmin does not support Nginx and Apache together, and there […]
Apache and MySql Performance Tuning for High Traffic WordPress Website on Cpanel
…t do not have a solid security and load balancing strategy are subject to crippling traffic from the Internet’s millions of malicious and compromised servers and personal computers. Reconfigured Apache web server, PHP and MySQL to better utilize the server’s horsepower. Cpanel’s efault Apache and MySQL configurations were limiting the number of concurrent user sessions […]
WordPress Fail2Ban RegEx for RedHat, CentOS, Amazon Linux
VacantServer WordPress sites are getting hammered with bad logins and probes. We’ve implemented a plugin to log failed login attempts to syslog, and a Fail2Ban filter for the same. If you run these on RedHat, you’ll need some additional configuration info… here it is: WordPress login failure regex (error_log):
1 | ^%(__prefix_line)sAuthentication failure for .* from <HOST>$ |
Apache nohome regex (error_log):
1 | [[]client <HOST>[]] File does not exist: .*/~.* |
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SSL and CloudFront CDN Support for WebFonts via .htaccess
…security issue. Evidently this is a security measure to prevent cross-site attacks, but you can allow this via Apache mod_headers, to allow your specific CloudFront (or other) domain, specified in the .htaccess file. Some sites have suggested using “*” wildcards to allow all domains… but obviously this is a security issue: with this Header, you […]
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