HTTP

• WP: Httpd
• http://httpstatus.es/

• http://hosts-file.net/

Servers

Nginx

• Resources

• Configuration
• FullExample
• HttpRewriteModule - rewriting urls
• HttpAuthBasicModule - for directory passwords
• Pitfalls

Site folder location can vary.

/var/www
  debian
/etc/nginx/html
  arch linux

Site setup

Create 'Server Block' (vhost) config file in

/etc/nginx/sites-available

and later ln -s them in

/etc/nginx/sites-enabled

• ServerBlockExample - Basic examples
• FcgiExample - FastCGI example. Keep seperate and include.
• http://wiki.nginx.org/Wordpress
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PhpMyAdmin#NGINX_Configuration

Enable logging in vhost conf;

error_log /var/log/nginx-vhostnamehere.log error;

• http://agentzh.org/misc/nginx/agentzh-nginx-tutorials-enuk.html

Tools

• https://github.com/perusio/nginx_ensite - nginx_ensite and nginx_dissite for quick virtual host enabling and disabling

• http://www.anilcetin.com/convert-apache-htaccess-to-nginx/

Apache

• Apache HTTP Server

• Stupid htaccess Tricks

Other

• http://monkey-project.com/

Etc.

Caching

• http://thomashunter.name/blog/a-primer-on-web-caching/

• https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/caching#LeverageBrowserCaching

• http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/

• http://blitz.io/