Nobody likes a slow loading site. There are various techniques to speed-up your website, but one of the quickest ways is to implement the right CDN (Content Delivery Network). If you are new to CDN, you may refer to the essential guide to CDN for better understanding. In one line, CDN accelerates your content and serves the requested resources to the audience from the nearest location. It’s essential to choose the low latency CDN, which has worldwide POP (point of presence) or edge location....

A brute force attack is a really stubborn attempt by an attacker to break into your WordPress dashboard and take over control of it. They try various combinations of usernames and passwords, which can possibly let them in, mostly by guesswork or bots. Since we all know the URL to log into the WordPress admin panel is “wp-admin” or “wp-login”, it kind of gets easier for hackers to at least know where to attack....

It’s a good idea to terminate the SSL handshake at a network edge device for many reasons. It’s faster You can make changes on the fly Easy maintenance SSL/TLS hardening managed by LB Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is fantastic, and I use for Geek Flare and just love it. GCP offers many cloud solutions including the load balancer. There are three types of load balancer available, and if you are hosting Web-based applications, then HTTP(S) type is recommended....

I waited for few minutes but no luck. Are you in the same situation? Don’t panic! It seems there is known issue with JBoss 7 with Java 8 and solution is to use Java 7. The first thing you want to verify if you are using Java 8. As you can see above, I am having Java 8 and need to use Java 7. If you are on CentOS, then you can use the lower version of Java with the following command....

Considering the increase in online web threats, one the challenge for web engineer is to well aware of hardening and securing Nginx. Nginx is well-known for its performance and lightweight web server/proxy and used on many busiest sites. Pinterest.com Reddit.com Wordpress.com Stackoverflow.com Mail.ru If you are hosting your web applications on Nginx and concerned about security then one of the first thing you would like to implement is Web Application Firewall (WAF)....

There are two parts to this blogpost – the first part talks about how to install Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu by yourself, and the second part talks about the best hosting platforms available to host Tomcat applications. What is Apache Tomcat? Apache Tomcat is an open-source web/application server from the Apache foundation. It was formerly called Jakarta. It is an HTTP server and a servlet container. By default, it runs on port 8080....

What Is AWS Educate? Students can create their own AWS account and pay for the services using the AWS credits they receive. Hence, IT students coming from economically weaker sections, less-equipped colleges, etc., can also learn about AWS so that they can enter the cloud computing job marketplace. Sometimes, learning content does not even need you to set up an AWS cloud computing infrastructure because that content comes with interactive, hands-on labs....

The call center is a booming business provided that the service industry adds trillions of dollars to the global GDP. According to the World Bank, it is 65.70% in 2020. Similarly, according to a Statista report, the call center market size should be growing from $340 billion in 2020 to $496 billion in 2027. Call centers are fast-paced workplaces. Here, every second matters. Hence, call center managers rely on call center scripts to guide the fresh and trainee call center agents....

With DevOps automation, your team just writes a code and sends it to online platforms that offer services like configuration management and infrastructure-as-code and deploy software faster. However, you need to know about IaC and ConfigMgmt and their differences to figure out the right approach for DevOps automation. Let’s dig in! Infrastructure-As-Code (IaC) Infrastructure-as-code is a DevOps method of provisioning IT infrastructure to software development teams for faster deployment of applications....

Whether it is a website or an application, everything has a database to manage all the available information like account credentials, personal information, and countless other data points. These databases can include a variety of databases and can even be NoSQL(Not only SQL) databases in some cases. If you are curious, you can also look for NoSQL clients for administration and development. And thanks to SQL, you can manage all that data easily using SQL queries....

In this post, we will discover what big data processing is, how it is done, and explore Apache Kafka and Spark – the two of the most famous data processing tools! What is Data Processing? How is it done? Data processing is defined as any operation or set of operations, whether or not carried out using an automated process. It can be thought of as the collection, ordering, and organization of information according to a logical and appropriate disposition for interpretation....

Whether it’s backend or frontend (or even spaceships), JavaScript is everywhere. It’s also quite a flexible language (meaning it’s got hardcore functional programming patterns as well as good ol’ classes), and its similarity to other “C-like” languages makes for an easy transition for developers from other languages. If you want to level up your JS game, I suggest you learn about, practice, and eventually master the following core functions available in the language....

Let’s dive in! Like everyone else, I started my front-end development journey with jQuery. Pure JS-based DOM manipulation was a nightmare back then, so it was what everyone was doing. Then slowly, JavaScript-based frameworks became so prominent that I couldn’t ignore them any longer. The first one I learned was Vue. I had an incredibly hard time because components and state and everything else was a totally new mental model, and it was a lot of pain to fit everything in....

Sometimes these inbuilt apps take up a lot of space and cause storage troubles. But do you know that you can use unlocking apps to unlock and then remove these apps from your device? Let’s gather information about this and see how we can remove these locked pre-installed apps from your device. What are Undeletable Files and folders, and how do they impact users Undeletable files are malware, spyware, and trojan files on your device....

However, there are specific configurations you must be aware as a WebSphere administrator. The following 15 configurations are often touched or asked in an interview. If you are a beginner, I strongly you recommend you go through my previous two articles. WebSphere Application Server ND Installation Guide Useful WebSphere Application Server Administration Scripts So let’s get it started. 1. Enable/disable Core Group services If you intend to use high availability manager service or just wish to know how to enable or disable Core group services and startup....

This is where Dockerfile comes into the picture; it will help you create custom Docker images. Hence, knowing about Dockerfile is essential. What is Dockerfile? It is a simple text file with a set of command or instruction. These commands/instructions are executed successively to perform actions on the base image to create a new docker image. comments and commands + arguments are two kinds of main line blocks in Dockerfile syntax Comments Syntax Commands + Arguments Example Below is how your workflow will look like....

Controlling the climate inside your space is one of the tiny things that can make you feel better. A humid or stuffy room in the hot summer weather can take your frustration level to a peak. For such irritating weather, you need something which can enhance your comfort level. An air circulator can help you out in such conditions. What is an Air Circulator? An Air circulator is a kind of air mover that moves the air around to make things more comfortable....

Halloween is a festival that has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is assumed that the souls of our dead ancestors return to their homes. Various negative spirits, such as goblins, witches, etc., are also associated with Halloween. Now, when this amazingly spooky and exciting Halloween festival is just banging on our doors, some preparations are necessary. Most of the efforts of its preparations are put into making it more spooky and scary....

Apple products have high build-quality and better resolution cameras and are pretty handy in terms of comfort. All these things make apple products more popular than any other brand. You would have never seen an iPhone lagging or hanging while playing heavy games or transferring a large file from one device to another. Products from the Apple ecosystem work seamlessly with each other but have some issues when Apple users want to build an ecosystem with another OS in the mix like an Android....

Blockchain, in simple terms, is a technology to store data. It’s not controlled by power centers like Governments or giant corporates. The users of blockchain are the ones responsible for keeping this technology alive and running. In addition, it’s far more advanced than an entry on a piece of paper. It’s tamper-proof. And with the ever-growing digital footprint of users, there is an increasing need for an efficient data keeper....