A few weeks ago I published a how to guide to configure Apache HTTP as a reverse proxy. On that ocasion I was following what the average guide on the internet does on Linux. A front end server with Apache HTTP on calls a backend server where the real site is sitting. Many backend calls through a proxy are still performed via plain HTTP. When considering the security landscape, … [Read more...]
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How to configure Apache HTTP as a reverse proxy on FreeBSD
Apache HTTP as a reverse proxy consists on setting an Apache HTTP server as a frontal access for one or multiple backend servers. In the recent years many have started using NGINX as a reverse proxy since this piece of software really shines for serving static content an acting as a cache server. This doesn’t mean Apache HTTP can’t act as such. For quite a few years now, the … [Read more...]
How to improve Apache HTTP performance on FreeBSD
There are some nice articles on the internet telling you how to improve your Apache HTTP server’s performance. I did my bit on FreeBSD land. While turning on a different MPM than the prefork default one increases Apache HTTP performance by a lot, it is not the only thing one may do. For example if you are just running a single server for a small website or shop enabling the … [Read more...]
Reasonable amount of enabled modules on Apache HTTP
CentOS Ubuntu FreeBSD core_module (static) core_module (static) core_module (static) so_module (static) so_module (static) so_module (static) http_module (static) watchdog_module (static) http_module (static) access_compat_module (shared) http_module (static) mpm_prefork_module (shared) actions_module (shared) log_config_module … [Read more...]
How to harden Apache HTTP
Disclaimer: This is a long article. I haven’t collected some nice configuration settings here for the sake of it. There are other hardening guides but some fall short on explaining the functionalities to be enabled or disabled. Every step is shortly, and hopefully clearly, explained so any reader can grasp the main idea of every setting. Following the recommendations in here … [Read more...]