Understanding NginX’s sendfile Parameter and Its Implications with NFS

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

In the world of web servers, NginX has emerged as a robust, high-performance option, powering some of the most trafficked sites on the internet. It’s praised for its scalability and its myriad of features, which allow for fine-tuned optimization. One such feature is the sendfile directive, a parameter within NginX’s configuration that can significantly affect… Read more »

How to Find NginX Version

Monday, May 9, 2022

How to Find NginX Version In 2 Quick Steps Finding your NginX version is a simple process that can be completed in just a couple of steps. We’ve assembled some brief tutorials for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. These are intended to help you determine your NginX version, as well as troubleshoot errors that… Read more »

The Difference Between Apache and NginX

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Difference Between Apache and NginX Apache and NginX are two important players in the web server sector. According to Stackscale, Apache makes up roughly 34% of the web server market and NginX accounts for about 33%. But how are they different? When should you use one over the other? We’re going to compare and… Read more »

What Does a Web Server Do? Intro to Web Servers

Monday, January 3, 2022

What Does a Web Server Do? Intro to Web Servers Here at A-Team Systems, we get all kinds of questions from people. One common one is, “What does a web server do?” So today, we put together this resource to answer that question! Afterwards, if you still find yourself needing answers, or you’d like server… Read more »

NginX Add Trailing Slash With 301 Redirect Without If Statements

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

We had a situation where a client using Joomla wanted to have trailing slashes added to URLs, not just processed behind the scenes as the ‘correct’ URL but 301ed to the resulting URL with the trailing slash. This makes sense from a SEO standpoint as you don’t want two URLs with the same content. Joomla… Read more »

Continuous SSL Monitoring

Monday, May 25, 2015

A-Team Systems has just completed full integration of Qualys’ SSL Labs testing suite into our client server monitoring infrastructure. All of our maintenance and monitoring plans now include continuous best practice configuration, protocol, and certificate monitoring for all HTTPS sites — automatically! This ensures our client’s SSL configurations are always the most secure as industry… Read more »

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