The systems department for your company or web agency
In a typical configuration for a PHP CMS or ecommerce, several services with high memory demands usually coexist on the same server depending on the situation. Mainly these are PHP and MySQL. Whether PHP is in Apache as a module or as FPM is beside the point and each administrator will seek their best configuration … Read more
When I started in the world of systems administration more than two decades ago, my path quickly oriented toward Linux/GNU and specifically Debian. It was my simplest approach to the philosophy and concepts behind Unix systems. Over time I discovered systems like OpenBSD for its security, NetBSD and FreeBSD (and some of its notable derivatives … Read more
Many years ago, when I started with GNU/Linux system administration, although SUDO existed and was known, it did not have the overblown importance it’s given today. SUDO is a tool with a specific and essential purpose. The problem is that nowadays it is being treated as the de facto standard for any action requiring root … Read more