HOW-TO How-to enable gzip support on nginx

APPLIES TO: Plesk 12.0 for Linux Plesk 11.0 for Linux Plesk 11.5 for Linux How to enable gzip support on nginx? Create /etc/nginx/conf.d/gzip.conf with the following: gzip_types to compress other file types can be obtained from /etc/nginx/mime.types

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server.

Windows 2008 R2 1) SQL Server should be up and running. All Programs >> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 >> Configuration Tools >> SQL Server Configuration Manager >> SQL Server Services, and check if SQL Server service status is “Running”. Run “sqlcmd -L” in your command prompt to ascertain if your server is included in your … Read more

DNS open resolver test

Other Information Test your server for an open DNS resolver here: http://openresolver.com/ Closing DNS Resolvers on Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787602(v=ws.10).aspx Windows Servers running Plesk: http://kb.parallels.com/en/116463 Closing DNS Resolvers on Servers running Bind: http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/close.html

Find and disable specific ModSecurity rules

ModSecurity uses can help block potential attack attempts from malicious users, but sometimes it can also block legitimate requests. Note: Using SecRuleEngine Off in your modsecurity configuration, you won’t want to put that in your ModSecurity configuration file. As that completely turns off ModSecurity. The SecRuleRemoveById setting is used instead to only disable one specific … Read more