Nginx tuning for high traffic worker gzip buffer cache
A battle-tested guide to tuning Nginx for high traffic: worker processes, gzip, buffer pools, and caching. Commands for Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 12.
Security
Layer 7 attack protection with Nginx rate limiting and Cloudflare
A practical guide to protecting your VPS from Layer 7 DDoS attacks using Nginx rate limiting at the origin and Cloudflare's edge WAF. Includes real configs and verification steps.
Operations
Migrate a website to a new VPS with zero downtime
Learn how to migrate your website to a new VPS without any downtime using rsync, Nginx, and DNS trickery. Step-by-step guide for sysadmins.
Operations
Zero-downtime deploy with nginx and systemd on Ubuntu 24.04
Deploy a new app version without dropping a single request. This tutorial shows how to use nginx upstreams and systemd socket activation for seamless reloads.
Optimization
Enable HTTP/3 and Brotli compression on Nginx
A practical guide to enabling HTTP/3 (QUIC) and Brotli compression on Nginx for faster page loads on your Ubuntu 24.04 VPS.