Conceptual

Introduction> Introduction # Nginx has become one of the most flexible and powerful web server solutions available. However, in terms of design, it is first and foremost a proxy server. This focus means that Nginx is very performant when working to handle requests with other servers.

Introduction> Introduction # Big data is a blanket term for the non-traditional strategies and technologies needed to gather, organize, process, and gather insights from large datasets. While the problem of working with data that exceeds the computing power or storage of a single computer is not new, the pervasiveness, scale, and value of this type of computing has greatly expanded in recent years.

Introduction> Introduction # Most of the time, your main focus will be on getting your cloud applications up and running. As part of your setup and deployment process, it is important to build in robust and thorough security measures for your systems and applications before they are publicly available.

Introduction> Introduction # The Ubuntu operating system’s most recent Long Term Support version, version 16.04 (Xenial Xerus), was released on April 21, 2016. This guide is intended as a brief overview of new features and significant changes to the system as a whole, since 14.

Introduction> Introduction # There are plenty of reasons why collecting stats about your servers, applications, and traffic is a good idea. Collecting and organizing data can give you confidence in your decisions about scaling, troubleshooting, and tracking down pain-points in your configurations.

Introduction> Introduction # Container images are the primary packaging format for defining applications within Kubernetes. Images are used as the basis for pods and other objects, and play an important role in efficiently leveraging Kubernetes’ features.

Introduction> Introduction # Increasingly, Linux distributions are adopting the systemd init system. This powerful suite of software can manage many aspects of your server, from services to mounted devices and system states.

Introduction> Introduction # Any application or website that sees significant growth will eventually need to scale in order to accommodate increases in traffic. For data-driven applications and websites, it’s critical that scaling is done in a way that ensures the security and integrity of their data.

Introduction> Introduction # SSH is the de facto method of connecting to a cloud server. It is durable, and it is extensible — as new encryption standards are developed, they can be used to generate new SSH keys, ensuring that the core protocol remains secure.

Introduction> Introduction # Firewalls are an important tool that can be configured to protect your servers and infrastructure. In the Linux ecosystem, iptables is a widely used firewall tool that works with the kernel’s netfilter packet filtering framework.

Introduction> Introduction # Flexible and scalable data storage is a baseline requirement for most applications and services being developed with modern techniques and tools. Whether storing large or small amounts of images, videos, or blobs of text, application developers need a solution for the storage and retrieval of user-generated content, logs, backups, and so on.

Introduction> Introduction # In this article, we will talk about three main things: Python, Web Servers, and most importantly the bits and bobs in-between the two. Jokes aside, this rather long article might seem dire for some looking for quick guidance or answers.

Introduction> Introduction # When accessing a web server or application, every HTTP request that is received by a server is responded to with an HTTP status code. HTTP status codes are three-digit codes, and are grouped into five different classes.

Introduction> Introduction # OAuth 2 is an authorization framework that enables applications — such as Facebook, GitHub, and DigitalOcean — to obtain limited access to user accounts on an HTTP service.

Introduction> Introduction # DNS, or the Domain Name System, is an integral part of how systems connect with each other to communicate on the internet. Without DNS, computers, and the people who use them, would be required to connect using only numerical addresses known as IP addresses.

What is FTP?> What is FTP? # FTP is a way to transfer files between hosts over the internet. It is especially helpful as a way to upload or download files to or from a site quickly.