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Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.

Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.

A configuration file is usually a text file associated with a specific software which describes the initial settings of the software. Some applications provide tools to generate configuration files.

Some computer programs only read their configuration files at startup. Others periodically check the configuration files for changes. Users can instruct some programs to re-read the configuration files and apply the changes to the current process, or indeed to read arbitrary files as a configuration file. There are no definitive standards or strong conventions.

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How to bind MySQL server to more than one IP address?

Is there a secret way to bind MySQL to more than one IP address? As far as I can see the bind-address parameter in the my.cnf does not support more than one IP and you can't have it more than once.
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command for checking Apache configuration

I'm looking for a command that checks the validity of the config files in Apache server on both Debian and RHEL distros. I need to do this prior to restart, so there will be no downtime.
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Any benefit or detriment from removing a pagefile on an 8 GB RAM machine?

I'm running Windows 7 on a dual core, x64 AMD with 8 GB RAM. Do I even need a page file? Will removing it help or hurt performance? Would it make a difference if this is a server or a desktop? Does Windows 7 vs. Windows 2008 make a difference with a…
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Difference in sites-available vs sites-enabled vs conf.d directories (Nginx)?

I have some experience using linux but none using nginx. I have been tasked with researching load-balancing options for an application server. I have used apt-get to install nginx and all seems fine. I have a couple of questions. What is the…
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How to disable timeout for nginx?

On a local development machine, I have a nginx reverse proxy like so: server { listen 80; server_name myvirtualhost1.local; location / { proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080; } server { listen 80; server_name myvirtualhost2.local; …
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Adding a directory to $PATH in CentOS?

We just got our new server(s) up and we're running CentOS on them all. After successfully installing Ruby Enterprise Edition, I would now like to add the REE /bin (located at /usr/lib/ruby-enterprise/bin) directory to make it the default Ruby…
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How to check for modified config files on a Debian system?

How to find all Debian managed configuration files which have been changed from the default?
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Why would I need a firewall if my server is well configured?

I admin a handful of cloud-based (VPS) servers for the company I work for. The servers are minimal ubuntu installs that run bits of LAMP stacks / inbound data collection (rsync). The data is large but not personal, financial or anything like that…
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Do Apache config files support block commenting?

You can use # to comment out individual lines. Is there a syntax for commenting out entire blocks? I've tired surrounding the block (specifically a block) with ..., but that didn't work.
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How do I run a local bash script on remote machines via ssh?

I am looking for a way to push configuration from one central machine to several remote machines without the need to install anything on the remote machines. The aim is to do something like you would find with tools like cfengine, but on a set of…
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Why do I have to edit /etc/sudoers with visudo?

I've noticed that the sudoers file and cron config files act in a special way compared to other config files on Linux. They need to be edited with a special wrapper rather than any text editor. Why is this?
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nginx server directive is not allowed here

I know there are dupes of this out there, but I can't seem to solve this in my situation. I'm following an article on setting up nginx as reverse proxy with apache. And I get this error: nginx: [emerg] "server" directive is not allowed here in …
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How can I prevent a DDOS attack on Amazon EC2?

One of the servers I use is hosted on the Amazon EC2 cloud. Every few months we appear to have a DDOS attack on this sever. This slows the server down incredibly. After around 30 minutes, and sometimes a reboot later, everything is back to…
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Redis Cluster: (error) MOVED

I have a Redis cluster with the following nodes: 192.168.0.14:6379 master (slots from 0 to 16383) 192.168.0.15:6379 slave (slots from 0 to 16383) 192.168.0.16:6379 master (without slots) Documentation says that any node can redirect queries to the…
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nginx split large configuration file

My nginx default configuration file is becoming huge. I'd like to split it to smaller config files, each including only one, maximum 4 locations to each file, so that I can enable/disable them quickly. Actual file looks like this: server { …
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