Securing your network is crucial to protect sensitive data and maintain the integrity of your systems. Here are some best practices to enhance network security:
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Use both hardware and software firewalls to create a barrier between your internal network and external threats.
Configure...
Getting the most out of Hyper-V involves optimizing its configuration, managing resources effectively, and utilizing its features to enhance performance and efficiency. Here are several strategies to help you maximize your Hyper-V environment:
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Use Dynamic Memory:
Enable Dynamic Memory for...
Optimizing IIS (Internet Information Services) can significantly enhance the performance and responsiveness of your web applications. Here are several strategies you can implement:
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Static Content Compression:
Open IIS Manager.
Select your site and double-click on "Compression."
Enable...
Whether you run Linux/Unix, macOS or Windows as a server here are steps to install and configure PHP.
For Windows:
Download PHP:
Go to the PHP downloads page.
Download the latest version of PHP (choose the thread-safe version if you plan to use it with a web server like Apache).
Extract...
This is an IIS replacement for Windows Server users. If you prefer to run an alternative server software nginx is a good replacement. More secure than Apache.
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by...
Basic HTTP server features
Serving static and index files, autoindexing; open file descriptor cache;
Accelerated reverse proxying with caching; load balancing and fault tolerance;
Accelerated support with caching of FastCGI, uwsgi, SCGI, and memcached servers; load balancing and fault...
IIS Rewrite is a drop in replacement for rewriting URLs on Windows Servers. It's equivalent is mod_rewrite on Linux.
IIS URL Rewrite 2.1 enables Web administrators to create powerful rules to implement URLs that are easier for users to remember and easier for search engines to find. By using...
Centmin Mod LEMP stack auto installer for an optimized Nginx, MariaDB, PHP-FPM & CSF Firewall stack for AlmaLinux & Rocky Linux EL8+ developed by George Liu (eva2000). Nginx & PHP version management, adding Nginx vhost sites and Wordpress auto installer with Wordpress caching via a shell menu...
Network shell (netsh) is a command-line utility that allows you to configure and display the status of various network communications server roles and components after they are installed on computers running Windows Server.
Some client technologies, such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol...
This is a useful tool if you run Windows Server 2008 to 2012.
It allows you to install the server core which is lightweight. Once you install Core Configurator you can easily control the features of Windows server.
This will not run on newer Windows Servers. I added it for archival purposes.