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2025-09-16
Introduction Up to this point, we’ve used simple utilities for specific tasks: ping checked connectivity, traceroute showed the path, ipconfig and arp helped with the local network, telnet and nc tested ports. That’s …
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Introduction A server’s IP address is like the postal address of an apartment building. But to reach the right apartment, you need the door number. In networking, these doors are ports. HTTP runs on port 80. HTTPS — on …
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Introduction You’ve gone through all the checks from the previous articles: The computer has the correct IP address (ipconfig). The router responds (ping 192.168.1.1). Ping to a public address (ping 8.8.8.8) works. Looks …
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Introduction In the previous article, we learned how to reach out to remote servers using ping and trace the path of packets with traceroute. But what if ping google.com doesn’t work, and traceroute stops right at the …
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Introduction Modern users expect web applications to work as fast and responsive as native software. Chats, stock quotes, collaborative document editing — all these scenarios require instant data exchange. In this …
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Introduction Choosing a web server and reverse proxy today depends on tasks and infrastructure. Caddy, Traefik, HAProxy, Nginx, and Apache are five popular solutions, each with its strengths and weaknesses. In this …
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Introduction Unlike Caddy, which focuses on simplicity, Traefik (pronounced Traffic) was built to solve one specific task: routing traffic in dynamic environments. It is a reverse proxy and load balancer designed …
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Introduction Logrotate is a powerful tool for log management in Linux, but its interaction with Docker has its own specifics. This guide explains how to properly use logrotate with Docker containers and when it’s better …
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Introduction In a world where setting up a web server often requires studying complex configuration files, Caddy offers a radically different approach. It is a modern, multifunctional web server, reverse proxy, and …
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Introduction: A Hidden Network Issue Developers and system administrators using servers on the OpenStack platform (for example, the C*-M*-D* hosting plans from reg.ru) sometimes encounter mysterious network problems. …
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