Web Server articles

Last change: 2025-01-06

Want to test your web server and see if static files are properly cached? Curl can help and with some scripting even automate the task for you.

Commands:

awk
grep
curl

Adding the Expires header to improve caching static content in nginx

Last change: 2025-01-06

Want to improve caching on your nginx web server? Learn how to set the Expires header and enhance your nginx configuration.

Commands:

curl
nginx

Web

Last change: 2025-01-06

All articles and tips to create a better website or optimize your webserver configuration. Let's build a better web together!

Pre-compress static assets with Brotli and Gzip

Last change: 2025-01-06

Let's make the web a smaller place by pre-compressing static assets with Brotli and Gzip. Here are some useful tips to get started.

Commands:

apt
curl
brotli
gzip

How to block POST requests in nginx

Last change: 2025-01-06

Want to block all HTTP POST requests in nginx? There are multiple ways to achieve this and within this article we look at the best fit.

Commands:

nginx

How to test if a website supports Brotli or Gzip compression

Last change: 2025-01-06

Optimizing a web server and its content can be done using brotli and gzip compression. This article shows a few ways to test your website.

Commands:

brotli
curl

Configure HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) for Apache and Nginx

Last change: 2025-01-06

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a security capability to force clients to use HTTPS. In this article, we implement HSTS for Apache and Nginx.