Javascript compression with Apache 2 and Debian Etch
If you're trying to wring every last drop of performance out of a website you're probably wanting to compress all your content before it hits the wire. While I was messing about with another project I noticed that the javascript from this blog wasn't getting compressed.
If you just want the solution to the issue, skip to the bottom of this post, but for those interested in the finer detail, read on.
This site uses Apache 2 on Etch, and after a bit of Googling I didn't really find a direct mention of this issue, so I though I'd slap it on here for other folks afflicted with un-compressed javascript.
First step is to enable mod_deflate in the first place...
Tags: Security in the cloud, KISS
The second article in a series on using cloud computing services.
The idea of keeping things simple when it comes to server security is not at all radical and cloud servers provide the ability to reach the not so lofty goal of keeping your servers simple and secure without breaking the bank.
The theory is simple: The smaller the number of processes you have running on your box the less there is to go wrong, or attack. This is one area where...
Working on a cloud
This blog is now coming to you from a cloud. A rackspace cloud server that is. Two of them in fact, the front end server running the CMS, and the back-end MySQL server.
The concept of cloud computing really isn't all that new, but if you're all at sea when it comes to clouds you might want to toodle over to Wikipedia and read about it there.
The service I'm using is probably better described as cloud provisioning, in that I've got two virtual servers living somewhere in the bowels of the Rackspace data centre. I don't have to care about memory sizing, disk space, network infrastructure, or anything else for that matter, I'm just renting some resources out of the cloud.
I picked how much memory and disk space I wanted in a few clicks then before the kettle had time to boil the server was on line and ready for configuration. If this service was available back when I was running a hosting business I'd probably still be....
