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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 do I get ubuntu to reconfigure /etc/network/interfaces for me?

How do I get Ubuntu to figure out the interfaces available on my computer and generate a new /etc/network/interfaces file? It created it the first time so I know it can somehow. Is there something like dpkg-reconfigure that would just…
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Why is IIS 7 is ignoring certain (but not all) MIME types for compression? Giving error: DYNAMIC_COMPRESSION_NOT_SUCCESS - Reason 12

So, I'm a bit of an IIS7 n00b but I've used most of the old IIS systems going back to 3. I'm trying to turn on dynamic compression and it's working, mostly. It doesn't work for my ADO.Net Data Service (Astoria) requests, batched or not. I found the…
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Outgoing only SMTP server

I want to setup an outgoing only SMTP server on Debian, so my Web-applications will be able to send e-mails via it. I don't want to use another hosts because of security and customizability of my own setup. I wish to install Postfix and configure it…
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How to do docker-compose down without the config file that made the up?

When you do docker-compose up, it's based on a docker-compose.yml file. This usually brings up a network, builds and runs multiple services. If you do the up with the -d flag, the docker-compose client detaches and let the servers alone. If you do a…
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Linux/UNIX Server Setup Practices for /tmp

Based on what you all see out there what is a recommended configuration of /tmp on a server system and why. I've had discussions on these points over the years sometimes with basic disagreements. The following are basically the questions I see. …
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how can i change nginx Configuration file path

i have installed nginx in ubuntu16.04, and check that Configuration file location is /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf $ /usr/sbin/nginx -V 2>&1 | grep --colour=auto conf then Show Configuration file path: --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf I am working…
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Getting a 404 error after upgrading to ASP.NET 4.5

I recently upgraded my web app to .NET 4.5. After pushing the code to our testing environment, I get a "404 - File or directory not found." error. The code runs fine from my VS2013 desktop. The web server is running IIS 7.5 on W2K08 R2. I can…
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After enabling HTTPS on my Apache2 server - I get 404 errors on every request

Okay, so I've had no experience with SSL/HTTPS ever before, I've only ever dealt with standard HTTP. Recently I've started work on a site which will need SSL. So of course, I've gone out and researched how to and got started. I've got to the stage…
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How can I configure TomCat Java options in a config file?

I'm trying to configure Java options passed into TomCat for a 3rd party application that I'm deploying. The instructions that the app provides are: Open the Tomcat configuration tool from the Windows menu at Start > All Programs > Apache Tomcat…
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Which Nginx and which config file is used

I am trying to install Phusion Passenger module for Nginx. There was Nginx installed in /usr/sbin/nginx. The installer gem downloaded Nginx sources and compiled them with Passenger support into /opt/nginx/sbin/nginx. I copied this file into…
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OpenVPN Error : TLS Error: local/remote TLS keys are out of sync: [AF_INET]

Fist off thanks for reading this, I appreciate any and all suggestions. I am having some serious problems reconnecting to my OpenVPN client using Riseup.net's VPN. I have spent a few days banging my head against the wall in attempts to set this up…
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Custom fail2ban Filter for phpMyadmin bruteforce attempts

In my quest to block excessive failed phpMyAdmin login attempts with fail2ban, I've created a script that logs said failed attempts to a file: /var/log/phpmyadmin_auth.log Custom log The format of the /var/log/phpmyadmin_auth.log file…
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Setting php values in php-fpm confs instead of php.ini

I'd like to set values in php-fpm conf files what are normally set in php.ini. I'm using nginx. I've created the following setting, but I'm not sure if this would work. php_value[memory_limit] = 96M php_value[max_execution_time] =…
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Why cache static files with Varnish, why not pass

I have a system runnning nginx / php-fpm / varnish / wordpress and amazon s3. Now I have looked at a lot of configuration files while setting up the system, and in all of them I found something like this: /* If the request is for pictures,…
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How do I set up per-site php.ini files on a LAMP server using NameVirtualHosts?

I have a LAMP server serving a number of different websites using NameVirtualHosts. Until recently having a global php.ini file has been just fine, but recently one of our developers has requested some settings in php.ini that I'd rather not set…
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