Okay so I have been using Piwik for about a year now and find it to be flawless so I thought I’d do a write up about it. From the Piwik website: Piwik is the leading open source web analytics platform that give s you valuable insights into your website’s visitors, your marketing campaigns… Read more »
Set up Apache as a reverse proxy using mod_proxy
Okay so I love Apache and at every chance I will use it over Microsoft IIS or any other web serving service, unless a specific application is only written for Microsoft IIS – such as (Citrix Web Interface) !! So in the case of only having one public IP and Citrix Web Interface behind it… Read more »
How to Install Curl into PHP5 and Apache
Curl is a library that lets your make HTTP requests in PHP. Most hosting providers have cURL installed already but if you have to install it on your self managed server with Apache and PHP5 installed, then follow this step by step process. 1. Install packages apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl php5-mcrypt 2. Open… Read more »
PHP Test Script
To see whether PHP is running on the web server, you can create a simple script which will self generate a page full of PHP information. It will give you the following information: System information Build date Server API Virtual directory support Path to PHP.ini Additional configuration files Additional used configuration files Others…. Simply… Read more »
How to Setup Log Rotation of Apache Logs
If you have a Apache hosting server with a log of traffic you might find your logs grow over time even to the point of filling up the whole volume and causing a system outage. One way around this is to set up log rotation on the log files so that (depending on your settings)… Read more »
