If you are a Linux old-timer, who is used to iptables (or even ipchains, or even … anyway), you might find “Firewalld configuration and usage” guide very handy. It covers firewalld concepts and provides a number of examples for zones, ports, services, interfaces and other bits and pieces that you might be scratching your head about, when configuring the modern Linux firewall.
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The Evolution of a Static Website
Next month I’m giving a talk on the evolution of the deployment tools and processes in the last couple of decades. This article is going along the same lines but over a much shorter period of time and only covering the static websites, not web applications. Still quite impressive as to how far and how fast the technology is changing.
MailChimp vs. Amazon SES + Mailwizz
Here’s an interesting story of moving away from MailChimp to a combined setup of Amazon SES and MailWizz, which resulted in overall 92% reduction of the monthly bill. Given it’s not the same functionality, but if you are technical enough and your requirements are simpler than all the functionality of the MailChimp, this looks like a good alternative.
Optimizing web servers for high throughput and low latency
Dropbox Tech Blog has this in-depth article on “Optimizing web servers for high throughput and low latency“. It goes over everything from hardware and low level operating system stuff all the way up to the application level.
Great job, guys!
Nginx Unit
Nginx Unit looks interesting:
What is NGINX Unit?
NGINX Unit is a new, lightweight, open source application server built to meet the demands of today’s dynamic and distributed applications. Deploy configuration changes with no service disruptions. Run code in multiple languages. Build the foundation of your service mesh.An application server – and so much more.
Still in beta though…