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swag Crowdsec Security To Protect Your Nginx Reverse Proxy | Docker

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Team Cook 0 Comments Security, nginx

Nginx as a reverse proxy (called swag) is easy enough to setup, as a docker container, thanks to LinuxServer.io. They

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Install Kubernetes control-plane On Ubuntu

February 18, 2022February 20, 2022 Team Cook 0 Comments Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Ubuntu

This recipe will show you how to install Kubernetes control-plane on Ubuntu 20.04! As much as you try, as much

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How To Install Pi-Hole DNS Ad blocker

April 11, 2020January 17, 2023 Team Cook 0 Comments Ad blocking, DNS, DD-WRT, Pihole

Pi-hole a Network-wide DNS Ad-Blocker aka A black hole for Internet advertisements. Just like pixelserv it is lightweight and fast

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Cloud Backup Strategy on AWS

February 3, 2020January 17, 2023 Team Cook 2 Comments

AWS Online Cloud Backup is not free. EBS Snapshots and S3 Buckets are darn cheap, but costs accumulate quickly. Which is Cheaper? Which is easier?

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Redis vs APCu 2018

June 10, 2018 Team Cook 7 Comments Cache, Redis, Objects, APCu

Redis VS APCu Object Cache performance test 2018: is it relevant anyway? Redis is fast, but APCu is faster. Unfortunately, APCu is being pushed on the side of the road as an Object cache, and here is why.

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Redis VS Memcached 2018

May 29, 2018January 17, 2023 Team Cook 3 Comments Cache, Memcached, Redis, gnuplot, Performance

This post is about performance between Redis VS Memcached, which are in-memory, networked object cache software. There are 3 categories of caching systems on the server side: Memory code caching, Memory object caching, and Disk file caching.

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Resolve SSL Vulnerabilities Detected by testssl

March 11, 2018 Team Cook 1 Comment apache, Vulnerability, nginx, ssl, testssl

You checked your site SSL configuration with testssl.sh and it returned some SSL vulnerabilities? Here are some recipes to help you make sense of it all. You will most likely need the Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator to protect your site with an up-to-date, correct SSL configuration.

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Image Processing WordPress

You Cannot Enable WebP in WordPress

March 4, 2018February 26, 2022 Team Cook 3 Comments WordPress, WebP

So you heard about WebP and its incredible compression factor? You want your WordPress blog to benefit of a good Google ranking? Solutions exist to allow WordPress to upload WebP images, unfortunately it’s useless as WordPress won’t be able to resize them to create the thumbnails used everywhere.

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How To Get Rid Of JetPack Once And For All

February 26, 2018February 26, 2022 Team Cook 0 Comments plugin, JetPack

JetPack is one of those jack-of-all-trades plugin most newbies to WordPress install at first. I used it, and I enjoyed it. Until I checked my Yslow score. JetPack services seem appealing at first glance, but over time you will notice its usefulness fades away. This post will help you replace it with alternatives.

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Conditionally Serving WebP Images With Nginx

February 24, 2018January 17, 2023 Team Cook 3 Comments ImageMagick, WebP, JPEG, nginx

Practical solution to serve images conditionally depending on WebP support. This recipe discusses how to do it with nginx. WebP is a next generation image format spearheaded by Google since 2013, which provides so much better compression than legacy formats. Only supported by Chrome, Opera and Android at this time.

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