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How To Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 16.04

The mod_rewrite module allows us to rewrite URLs in a cleaner fashion, translating human-readable paths into code-friendly query strings or redirecting URLs based on additional conditions. This guide is split into two parts. The first sets up an example website and covers a simple rewrite example. The second part contains two more in-depth examples of commonly-used rewrite rules.

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How To Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04

Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Ubuntu 18.04 and set up your certificate to renew automatically.

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How To Set Up ModSecurity with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up ModSecurity with Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 8

ModSecurity is a free web application firewall (WAF) that works with Apache, Nginx and IIS. It supports a flexible rule engine to perform simple and complex operations and comes with a Core Rule Set (CRS) which has rules for many exploits. For Apache, it is loaded as an additional module which makes it easy to install and configure. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and configure ModSecurity and create custom rules.

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Installing mod_wsgi on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Installing mod_wsgi on Ubuntu 12.04

mod_wsgi is a simple and easy to setup tool that serves python web apps from Apache server. It is also one of the recommended ways of getting Django into production. This article covers the steps required to installing an setup mod_wsgi with Apache.

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Recommended Steps To Harden Apache HTTP on FreeBSD 12.0 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Recommended Steps To Harden Apache HTTP on FreeBSD 12.0

Although the default installation of an Apache HTTP server is already safe to use, its configuration can be substantially improved with a few modifications. In this tutorial you’ll implement some recommended steps to reduce how much information on your server is exposed. You will verify the directory listings and disable indexing to check the access to resources. You’ll also change the default value of the timeout directive to help mitigate Denial of Service type of attacks.

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