APC INFO Monitor My Virtualmin CentOS 5.6 Virtual Private Server runs several virtual domains with PHP under FCGId using APC for opcode caching: Joomla, PHPbb, WordPress, etc . APC is somewhat challenging to configure properly with fcgid-enabled virtual domains, but it is quite helpful to optimize system resources and prevent traffic surges on one site from affecting overall server performance. Joomla and PHPbb have code that is pre-optimized wi… 27, 0, 1, 0 and 55.18
Tuning Apache and MySQL for Best Performance in a Shared Virtual Hosting Environment
…nections = 85 This is for example only! table_cache should be set a little higher than the total number of tables (sum of MYISAM,INNODB,MEMORY etc.), as reported by mysqltuner. If you anticipate adding more virtual hosts, or clients adding more databases or tables, you will need to raise table_cache value. Follow the recommendations from the Apache tuning, and then follow the recommendations of the mysqltuner script. The apache tuning will give … 19, 0, 3, 0 and 47.68
Joomla Content Management
If you’ve read anything at all about Content Management Systems (CMS), you’ll probably know that CMS are the most effective way to keep your site relevant to your audience. You also know at least three other things: Keeping your site relevant and up-to-date can be time consuming CMS can be complicated Portals can be expensive I’m set to change all that. Joomla open-source CMS solutions are different from the normal models for… 8, 1, 0, 0 and 14.85
WordPress with W3 Total Cache on Nginx with APC (Virtualmin)
…d in /etc/rc.d/init.d. php-fcgi-domain1.com php-fcgi-domain2.com Script allows stop, start, restart e.g. service php-fcgi-domain2.com restart The service may also be restarted via Webmin > Services > Bootup and Shutdown Memory Considerations PHP FCGId will launch the number of sub-processes you specify in Virtualmin > Server Configuration > Website Options, so beware of the memory overhead if you specify a large number, because each w… 7, 0, 0, 0 and 14.73
APC Cache Considerations for Virtual Hosting Environments
s will use a lot of memory, and you will need somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-30GB apc.shm_size if you attempt to configure a single APC cache for the entire server. My web hosting server is for a small number of personal clients, so I adjust the APC settings for each individual account, depending on the number and type of PHP script packages running on the account. These accounts are all administered by myself, not by the clients. I do not t… 5, 0, 1, 0 and 11.14
Remote publishing to WordPress from Facebook via RSS
Most WordPress developers know you can use one of several plugins to publish from WordPress to a Facebook wall, app or fan page. Did you know you can also do the opposite? You can publish from Facebook to WordPress by using the FeedWordPress plugin and the RSS feed from your fan page. This can be handy for clients who want to keep their site updated with blog posts, or share links and information, but don’t necessarily want to spend the ti… 5, 0, 0, 0 and 9.45
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Chris Gilligan Information Architect, Web Server Administrator, Media Producer web • video • print chris [at] chrisgilligan [dot] net chrisgilligan.com I design and produce information and communication media for corporate, small business, manufacturing and non-profit clients: web sites Information architecture and design for open source content management systems Linux Apache MySQL PHP web server administration Postfix Dovecot Sendmail mail … 5, 0, 0, 0 and 9.05
Apache config for Worker MPM vs Prefork MPM
…your worker server and thread limits to sane levels in httpd.conf If you need to recompile Apache and PHP, then you should do more research. Recompiling is not a trivial process. I found that my server had much better memory usage under Worker MPM, however: some scripts (squirrelmail, phpmyadmin) do not work on a per-domain basis and must be run direct to the actual server process with symlinked directories. This is much more efficient but les… 2, 0, 2, 0 and 7.67
Apache and MySql Performance Tuning for High Traffic Website
SoccerNews.com is a high traffic WordPress site with over 600,000 unique visitors and over 2,000,000 page impressions per month. It is a content republisher and aggregator, presenting custom XML feeds for (what else?) soccer news from all over the world. The site has a very active user base, providing content in the forms of editorials and comments on news items. Advertising and sponsored referrals provide the revenue stream. SoccerNews.com webs… 0, 0, 2, 0 and 3.29
Search Engine Optimization
SEO Consulting $85 per hour. Includes research for page titles, text headings and content keywords to optimize a website for a targeted market. Joomla Sites $350 per site. Includes sh404sef component for automated mod_rewrite URL rewriting, title and keyword rewriting. Includes xMap sitemap generator and setup of optimized sitemaps. Automated Yahoo, MSN and Google Sitemap submission, Google Analytics Reporting included. Per page optimization is … 2, 0, 0, 0 and 2.97
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