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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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PostgreSQL pg_hba.conf problem adding a host?

I'm having a problem with configuring my postgresql server. I've installed PostgreSQL 9.0.2 on slackware 13.1x64 and it runs fine but I can't add a IP that could connect to PostgreSQL remotely. The logs show me this: LOG: invalid IP mask "trust":…
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Nginx: could not build map_hash, you should increase map_hash_bucket_size: 64

I need to use redirect map with quite a lot rules (2k+ lines, file size is ~200K) I have the following settings in nginx: map $uri $new_uri { include /etc/nginx/conf.d/redirects.map; } server { listen 80 default_server; …
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ElasticBeanstalk: Set instance type and security group from config file

I'm having trouble defining instance type and security groups through .ebextensions/*.config files in the root of my application bundle. Briefly, I have two config files that look like this: .ebextensions/01-options.config: option_settings: [...] …
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nginx config fails with SSL key/pem (unique case)

I am trying to install SSL on my nginx reverse proxy with certified ssl keys but i get this message when i try to restart server: Restarting nginx: [emerg]: SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file("/etc/nginx/conf.d/cert.key") failed (SSL: error:0906D06C:PEM…
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Use FallbackResource even if directory exists

I've set up my virtual host on Apache 2.4.7 with a very basic configuration: ServerName foo.example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html DirectoryIndex index.php FallbackResource /index.php Underneath the…
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GeoIP for configuration into nginx

I'm trying to compile geoip into nginx. When doing ./configure --with-http_geoip_module I get the following error. ./configure: error: the GeoIP module requires the GeoIP library. You can either do not enable the module or install the library. I've…
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How Long Will A DNS Change Take

If I'm going to make a DNS change to an A record for my domain (changing from one IP to another), how long can I expect until people are moved over to the new info? Is it simply <= the TTL? I know it used to take a while, but in 2009 how long…
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Where to place Nginx IP blacklist config file?

I have an Nginx web server hosting two sites. I created a blockips.conf file to blacklist IP addresses that are constantly probing the server and included this file in the nginx.conf file. However in my access logs for the sites I still see these…
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Nginx. Server directive inheritance.

Is there any way to reduce construction like: server { server_name regular_site; location /api/ { proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:5000; } location / { proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:3000; } } server { server_name mobile_site; location…
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Increase the value of LimitRequestFieldSize in Apache

I have developed an application which uses a jQuery plugin, which in turn uses excessive cookie data. The problem is, after every 15-20 request I am shown this error message by the browser: Your browser sent a request that this server could not…
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IIS server: how to dump IIS configuration into a single file

How to export/import configuration of my IIS server into/from a single file? The reason is that I want to put the configuration under version control system to track changes made by admins. Sultan
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Setup IIS 7.5 with multiple website bindings and SSL?

On IIS 7.5 I am trying to achieve this with two websites: Default Web Site is bound to: (blank host header port 80 - http) (blank host header port 443 - https) go.example.com www71.example.com the IP address of go.example.com 2nd web site "Beta"…
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Will changing applicationHost.config cause IIS7 restart?

If I make a change to the file: %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config and update it with a change resulting in a valid config, will it cause IIS7 to restart and force restarts on all the apps? I am trying this out with a hot-cloned…
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Apache config: Return 404 for single

Is it possible to let Apache automatically return a 404 page for a single URL using the Location tag? # ??? Solutions without mod_rewrite or any other modules preferred.
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Does the ``-'' sign have meaning in rsyslog.conf

Rsyslog is backwards-compatible with Syslog configuration files. The syslog.conf man page has: You may prefix each entry with the minus ``-'' sign to omit syncing the file after every logging. Note that you might lose information if the …
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