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Unix administration  // Browsing posts in Unix administration

Do you monitor your server?

OK, now you have your web project ready, up and running. It is using apache (or nginx) as a web server and mysql (or postgres, or whatever) as a database engine. Everything is working fine and you are completely happy. However, there can be a situation when: one of your services (mysql, apache, nginx , […]

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15 Mar Posted by in Unix administration | 1 comment

How to calculate average amount of memory for a process

Sometimes it is needed to understand the average amount of memory consumed by a process. You can create a shell script that’ll do the job for you. I’ve tested it on Ubuntu and it works fine (not sure about other OS). So, in the command line type: nano avmem.sh In the window opened, paste the […]

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configure nginx proxy for drupal site

There could be many reasons why your website performance is poor, one of them can possibly be that Apache is not coping with the load. There is a simple way to offload Apache by configuring nginx to serve static content. Nginx is also a web server (as Apache and IIS) and can be used on […]

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tune apache performance using mpm prefork module

There could be many reasons why your website performance is poor, one of them can possibly be that Apache is not coping with the load. Below you’ll find ready to consume configuration to make Apache performance better using the Apache MPM prefork module. To do this, just include the below lines into your httpd.conf apache […]

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