Awhile back, I posted a guide about Migrating from Apache to NGINX and in one of the steps I mistakenly wrote that you should remove the default NGINX config file. At the time, I believed this would block any unwanted traffic to your web server such as web traffic directed at the server's IP address, but I've since learned that NGINX will actually redirect that traffic to the first server...
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Budget Load Balancing with MariaDB on Ubuntu
I've spent a bit of time researching this topic as I was trying to find a low-cost solution for clients who needed their websites to be up 24/7, but don't have the budget for an enterprise type setup. Initially, I tried out a two server solution utilizing MariaDB's MaxScale software, but soon found out that this software requires a paid license and that only older versions are free to use....
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