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Infrastructure
What Is Web Hosting: How It Works, Types and Cost
Web hosting in plain words: renting a server that stores your site files. How it differs from a domain, the main types, what drives the price, how to check.
Infrastructure
The .htaccess File: Where It Lives, How It Works, and How to Configure Redirects, Access and Caching
What .htaccess is, where the file lives and how it works: directive syntax, HTTPS and www redirects, IP and password access, caching headers and 500 error fixes.
Infrastructure
Website Backup Guide: What to Copy, Where to Store It, How to Verify Restores
A complete website backup: files, database, configs, cron and certificates. The 3-2-1 rule, RPO and RTO, mysqldump flags, encryption, restic and restore testing.
Infrastructure
VPS Initial Setup Checklist: The First 30 Minutes Before You Deploy
Step-by-step VPS setup: LTS choice, sudo user, SSH keys, ufw and fail2ban, updates, swap, time sync, limits. Real commands and how to verify each step.
Infrastructure
Shared Hosting vs VPS vs Dedicated Server vs Cloud: What to Choose
How shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers and cloud differ: resource isolation, limits, root access, control panels and the signs it is time to migrate.
Infrastructure
Nginx Logs: Where They Live, How to Read Them, and How to Rotate Them
Where nginx logs live, how to read the combined format, build a custom log_format, decode error.log, analyse traffic with awk and set up logrotate correctly.
Infrastructure
Nginx configuration from scratch: config files, contexts, server blocks and testing
Nginx configuration from scratch: where config files live, context hierarchy, a minimal server block, location order, proxy_pass, nginx -t and safe reload.
Infrastructure
Free Website Hosting: What Is Actually Free and What It Really Costs
Free website hosting explained: static Git hosting, free hoster plans and cloud free tiers, what you pay with, when it is fine, and how to migrate without losses.
Infrastructure
Best VPS Providers 2026: Criteria, Pitfalls and How to Verify
Best VPS providers 2026: Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, OVHcloud, Contabo and UpCloud compared by what matters — NVMe, vCPU allocation, bandwidth, backups, KVM — plus pitfalls of cheap plans and the exact commands to verify a server after renting it.
Infrastructure
Best Web Hosting Providers 2026: an Engineer's Rating and How to Verify It
Best web hosting providers 2026: eight global picks — Hetzner, DigitalOcean, OVHcloud, SiteGround and more. Transparent criteria, honest downsides for every pick, and a ten-minute routine to verify TTFB, DNS and SSL before you pay.