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A software application that services requests from clients using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

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Nginx - wordpress in a subdirectory, what data should be passed?

I've tried so many different things. The point I'm at right now is this: location ^~ /wordpress { alias /var/www/example.com/wordpress; index index.php index.html index.htm; try_files $uri $uri/ /wordpress/index.php; location ~…
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Python 3: Does http.server support ipv6?

Does http.server (http being a Python 3.x module) support ipv6? For instance, using this command-line code (which starts a webserver): python -m http.server [port]
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Python server "Only one usage of each socket address is normally permitted"

I'm trying to create a very basic server in python that listens in on a port, creates a TCP connection when a client tries to connect, receives data, sends something back, then listens again (and repeats the process indefinitely). This is what I…
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Node.JS built in cluster or PM2 clustering?

Which one is better? I have activated Nodejs clustering mode with workers but now I discovered PM2 that does the same thing. I'm using keymetrics to see the stats from my webserver and I have noticed that when I launch my NodeJS node (with a built…
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Limit on the length of the data that a webserver can return in response to a GET request

I have a REST service running on jetty server that responds to GET requests with some resource data. So far the data that i retrieve has been in the order of a few kb. I am looking to use a similar REST service that could possibly return huge data,…
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What web server to use for Lua web development

What web server (and why) should I use for Lua web development?
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Security in Node.JS Webserver

So, I'm in the middle of learning my way around Node.JS, and so far I'm loving it. I've got a couple projects already at work that I think I can utilize nodejs in. I'm worried, though, about security. If I write a custom webserver using Node.JS's…
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curl and ping - how to check whether a website is either up or down?

I want to check whether a website is up or down at a particular instance using PHP. I came to know that curl will fetch the contents of the file but I don't want to read the content of the website. I just want to check the status of the website. Is…
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How do I POST form data with UTF-8 encoding by using curl?

I would like to POST (send) some form data to a webserver using cURL on a terminal-prompt. This is what I got so far: curl --data-ascii "content=derinhält&date=asdf" http://myserverurl.com/api/v1/somemethod The problem is that the umlaute ("äöü")…
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How to run my node.js project on android?

I have a working php server on my android tablet, so I hope it's available somehow to run nodejs also. The source code is available on github, and it can be build on linux also, but I can't really understand, how to build it. Thanks in advance,
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lightweight http server C++

I need to build a lightweight http server for my application basically it's a server which listen to a port and outputs a status information on requests no high load, https, other functionality is required is there any C++ library which would help…
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How to serve other vhosts next to Gitlab Omnibus server? [Full step-by-step solution]

I installed Gitlab CE on a dedicated Ubuntu 14.04 server edition with Omnibus package. Now I would want to install three other virtual hosts next to gitlab. Two are node.js web applications launched by a non-root user running on two distinct ports…
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How do you scale HTTP server like Google?

I often marvel at how I can go to www.google.com, from anywhere in the world at any time, and get the returned page so fast. Sure, they compress their output and keep to a minimal design - that helps. But they must have millions of simultaneous hits…
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what is event driven web server

I want to understand basics of Event Driven web server, I know one of them is Tornado, but any other information is much appreciated. Thanks
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XAMPP Object not found error

I have just installed XAMPP on my machine, and when trying to access sub folders in htdocs I get the following error. Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and…
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