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When interacting on the web, most times we find ourselves requesting some form of information embedded in a web page. That webpage is stored in a web server and we get access to it using by making HTT…
Introduction What is monitoring and why is it important? Monitoring refers to the act of observing, tracking, and assessing the status, progress, or performance of something over time. This could be a…
🔥Introduction Nginx is a highly performant, scalable, and reliable open-source web server software that is frequently utilized as a "reverse proxy.” But why is it labeled as a "reverse" proxy which r…
👋 Hi! Let me explain what JavaScript and Node are before we dive into the differences between them. 🔍 What is JavaScript? JavaScript is a popular programming language that is widely used for developing web pages and web applications. It i…
As itself, its name suggests, the Load balancer is used to split the load among several servers. Load means the number of requests coming to the server. For example, Amazon ships approximately 1.6 mil…
Server means "to serve". serve what? serve data. Data can be in the form of mp4, mp3, jpg, png, text, HTML, JavaScript file, JSON or any kind of file. Do you remember what I told you about the interne…
HAProxy and Load Balancing, what are those? HAProxy is a free and open-source software that provides a high-availability load balancer and proxy server for TCP and HTTP-based applications. It is used …
What happens when you type google. com in your browser and press Enter Have you ever been curious about what happen behind the scene when you navigate to your browser and type google.com or facebook.c…
What is an NTP server? In a network of computers, the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol that is used to synchronize computer clock timings. Computer clock timings are synchronized to a millise…
Any coconut farmer would tell you how important it is to utilize every part of the coconut. Milk. Oil, Coir, Powder. Dried leaves that then goes to make roofs. Fresh leaves to serve as plates. The res…