Tagged “servers”

1. TIL how NGINX knows to look for index.html vs index.php Nov 05, 2022 servers nginx php

   What happens when visitor hits /foo/bar URL?

2. TIL php-fpm Nov 04, 2022 php webdev servers

   PHP runs as a separated service when using PHP-FPM. By using this PHP version as language interpreter, requests are processed through a TCP/IP socket; so that the Nginx web server only handles the HTTP requests and PHP-FPM interprets the PHP code. The fact of having two separate services is key for increasing efficiency.

3. TIL of what happens when you put a random url in your DNS records Apr 20, 2022 dns servers redirect

   So when you use a 'A' record, it points to the IP address. If you put a site you don't own, and it gets redirects, it'll 404 because the header metadata!

4. TIL about Negative Caching Apr 19, 2022 dns sandbox stackoverflow servers

   If you're ever working on a site and get a 'Server Not Found', then fix it (so that it totally works), and you STILL get a 'Server Not Found', that's negative catching!

5. TIL A server malfunction took down a whole MMO permanently Sep 18, 2021 gaming servers

   This screams 'We didn't have source control or code management'.

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