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node js app issues after AWS Instance snapshot

I had a node.js app with nginx running totally fine on a domain i purchased. It was run on an ubuntu server and all was well. I accidentally clicked "create image" on the aws site and ever since then the site doesn't work. The local ip address…
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Rate Limit using Azure Application Gateway

I am changing the deployment of our Web App from Azure App Service to VMs behind an Application Gateway, because the App Service could not handle the peak load we had a few days ago. What I now would like to do to guard the app from a possible…
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Load Balancing And Sticky Sessions

According to what I understand , the use of sticky-sessions is to route user to the same backend so they won't have to for example login again each time they are re-routed or if they have a shopping cart , they won't lose their items etc. But I also…
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Azure Web App vs Web Site

I am just starting to learn about Azure and I understand the difference between Web Sites, Cloud Services and VM's. However in my Azure portal I can only see Web Apps and not Web Sites. Is this the same thing? If not what is the difference and how…
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What are the best browser based administration tools for Linux?

Looking for recommendations the best comprehensive browser based administration tool for administering a Linux machine. Ideally this would be distribution agnostic. This could also be an "appliance" type product that would administer multiple…
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Cheap, minimal, robust web application hosting for at least three nines (99.9%) uptime?

How can one achieve the cheapest yet very reliable web application configuration? Let's assume at least 2 application servers for $80/mo plus a DB server will support most people's applications for a while - and we just want to achieve good…
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Use single IP address for farm of servers

I am building an app where I have XX number of customers who can run on a single instance. The application scales out by adding more nodes (thus supporting XX more customers). I want a way to use a single IP address so I can have customers setup…
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How to test web application performance from other continent?

We are hosting our web application http://timr.com on a server located in Germany. The server handles a high load of traffic very well and everything works as desired in terms of performance and load times. However we sometimes get complaints from…
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How to prevent discovery of a secure URL?

If I have a url that is used for getting messages and I create it like so: http://www.mydomain.com/somelonghash123456etcetc and this URL allows for other services to POST messages to. Is it possible for a search engine robot to find it? I don't want…
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SSL 2048-bit certs, how to upgrade our web app without breaking legacy API customers?

The Problem SSL certificate providers are moving from certificates signed with 1024–bit RSA keys to the new 2048-bit RSA key standard. One article explaining the background and significance of the issues this can cause; also an article from…
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Nagios frontend w/ API to change configuration?

My workplace used to use Monarch (bundled in Groundwork Community Edition). I built a custom CGI that would update the configuration when changes happen in our database of hosts (separate application). Since Groundwork Community Edition is no longer…
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Tangible benefits of keeping web applications and web server separate?

We develop and maintain web applications; and in our current setup; we are using a three-tier system of database server, application server, and web server. So far, so good. The problem we are facing is that while in theory this setup is designed to…
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Is there any overhead in setting up multiple web sites in IIS?

One of our server administrators set up 1 web site per web application. This is mainly to have different host headers per application. (We also create DNS entries per application, allowing the web application to be moved across servers without…
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Rename a web application in Sharepoint 2010

If I open Sharepoint Foundation 2010 Central Administration web and select Application Management and click on Manage Applications I can see all my Sharepoint 2010 applications. But How can I rename one of them? Is that at all possible? Why do I…
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How do I capture and playback http web requests against multiple web servers?

My overall goal is to not interrupt a production system while capturing HTTP Posts to a web application so that I can reverse engineer the telemetry coming from a closed application. I have control over the transmitter of the HTTP Posts but not the…
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