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Nginx: Redirect Backend Traffic Based Upon Client IP Address

December 31, 2013December 31, 2013in Linux, Nginx, UNIX last updated December 31, 2013

I have four Apache backend servers in front of nginx reverse proxy server. How do I make sure nginx reverse proxy load balancer always send specific client IP address (say IP 1.2.3.4) request to http://apachereadwrite/ backend and rest to http://apachereadonly/ backend?

Apache / Nginx / Lighttpd: PHP Disable File Upload

April 14, 2013April 14, 2013in Apache, Lighttpd, Linux, Nginx, PHP, UNIX last updated April 14, 2013

I am in the process of setting Apache and PHP for my small business server. I’m not utilizing file upload functionality in any of my PHP scripts. How do I disallow uploading files under CentOS or Ubuntu Linux based LAMP server?

PHP: <? ?> Tags Not Working in PHP 5.3.x under UNIX / Linux

January 18, 2011June 5, 2012in PHP, UNIX last updated June 5, 2012

I‘ve recently installed php 5.3.5 in my UNIX box and my old working php code not working. It displays code in pages which is in <? … my code … ?> php tags. How do I fix this problem?

PHP Increase Upload File Size Limit

June 11, 2010June 11, 2010in Apache, PHP last updated June 11, 2010

How do I increase upload file limit from 2MB to 10MB under Apache 2 UNIX / Linux web server?

PHP Not Accepting <? Tag; Only Accepting <?php and <script> Tag

October 6, 2008June 29, 2016in Apache, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD, Lighttpd, Linux, Nginx, Openbsd, PHP, Troubleshooting last updated June 29, 2016

I am using PHP along with the latest version of Apache web-server. Only <?php and <script> tags are recognized by my LAMP setup. Many of my scripts are broken. How do I allow the <? tag also?

PHP.INI settings: Disable exec, shell_exec, system, popen and Other Functions To Improve Security

July 30, 2008July 18, 2015in Apache, Linux, PHP, Security last updated July 18, 2015

I run a small Apache based web-server for my personal use, and it is shared with friends and family. However, most script kiddie try to exploit php application such as WordPress using exec(), passthru(), shell_exec(), system() functions. How do I disable these functions to improve my php script security?

Where Does The PHP Error Log Reside

March 13, 2008July 20, 2012in CentOS, Linux, PHP, RedHat and Friends, Security, Suse, Troubleshooting last updated July 20, 2012

I‘m running CentOS 5.x server with Apache 2.2 + PHP 5.x server. Can you tell me exact location for php error log file?