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How to Configure Apache mod_proxy as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 9

• November 7, 2025
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Apache’s mod_proxy module turns Apache into a powerful reverse proxy and gateway, forwarding requests to backend application servers, other web servers, or balancer clusters. Unlike Nginx’s reverse proxy (which is native), Apache’s proxy functionality is modular: mod_proxy handles the core proxying, mod_proxy_http handles HTTP/1.1, mod_proxy_balancer provides load balancing, and mod_proxy_wstunnel handles WebSocket tunnelling. On RHEL […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 9

• November 7, 2025
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A reverse proxy sits in front of one or more backend application servers, forwarding client requests to them and returning their responses to the client. From the client’s perspective, the reverse proxy is the web server. This architecture provides centralized SSL termination, load balancing, caching, rate limiting, and DDoS mitigation without exposing backend application ports […]

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How to Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt and Certbot on RHEL 9

• November 7, 2025
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Like Nginx, Apache can be secured with free SSL/TLS certificates from Let’s Encrypt using Certbot. The python3-certbot-apache plugin performs domain validation, obtains the certificate, and automatically updates your Apache virtual host configuration with the SSL directives, HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect, and modern cipher settings. This guide covers installing Certbot on RHEL 9, obtaining a certificate for your […]

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How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt and Certbot on RHEL 9

• November 6, 2025
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HTTPS is no longer optional — browsers mark HTTP sites as “Not Secure”, search engines penalise them in rankings, and many modern browser APIs (service workers, geolocation, camera access) require a secure context. Let’s Encrypt provides free, automated, and trusted SSL/TLS certificates via the ACME protocol, and Certbot is the recommended ACME client that handles […]

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How to Configure Apache Virtual Hosts on RHEL 9

• November 6, 2025
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Apache virtual hosts are the mechanism by which a single Apache HTTP Server instance serves multiple websites, distinguishing between them using the ServerName directive and the incoming Host HTTP header. Name-based virtual hosting (the most common type) allows hundreds of domains to share a single IP address, with Apache routing each request to the correct […]

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How to Configure Nginx Server Blocks (Virtual Hosts) on RHEL 9

• November 6, 2025
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Nginx server blocks (the equivalent of Apache virtual hosts) allow a single Nginx instance to serve multiple websites from the same IP address, distinguished by the server_name directive. Each block is an independent configuration defining the domain name, document root, SSL settings, URL rewrite rules, logging, and location-specific behaviour. On RHEL 9, server block files […]

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How to Install Apache HTTP Server on RHEL 9

• November 6, 2025
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Apache HTTP Server (httpd) is the most historically significant web server in the history of the internet, powering billions of websites since 1995. On RHEL 9, Apache is available as httpd from the AppStream repository and integrates with SELinux, firewalld, and systemd. Apache’s module architecture makes it highly extensible: mod_rewrite for URL manipulation, mod_ssl for […]

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How to Install Nginx on RHEL 9

• November 6, 2025
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Nginx (pronounced “engine-x”) is the most widely deployed web server in the world, powering everything from small personal websites to the largest content delivery networks. On RHEL 9, Nginx is available from the AppStream repository and integrates natively with SELinux, firewalld, and systemd. Its event-driven, non-blocking architecture means a single Nginx worker process can handle […]

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How to Manage System Packages with dnf on RHEL 9

• November 5, 2025
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dnf (Dandified YUM) is the default package manager for RHEL 9 and the successor to yum. It handles installing, updating, removing, and querying RPM packages from local and remote repositories, resolving dependencies automatically using the libsolv library, and supporting transactions that can be rolled back if something goes wrong. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, packages […]

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How to Install and Configure vim and nano on RHEL 9

• November 5, 2025
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Every Linux administrator needs at least one terminal text editor in their toolkit. When a remote server is accessible only via SSH with no GUI, when a configuration file needs editing before a service can start, or when you are recovering a broken system from a rescue shell, your text editor is your primary interface. […]

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