Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The guide walks you through setting up Elasticsearch on a fresh Debian 11 server by first installing Java 11, which is required for the Elastic stack to run correctly. It then adds Elastic’s signed APT repository, installs the elasticsearch package, and enables the service with systemd so it starts automatically.

Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The guide explains how to relieve an overloaded backend by configuring Nginx’s built‑in proxy cache to serve static assets directly, using both disk‑based and memory‑only caches. It walks through creating a shared‑memory cache zone with proxy_cache_path, enabling the cache in a location block, setting appropriate TTLs with proxy_cache_valid, and verifying hits via the X-Cache header. It also shows how to mount a RAM cache under /dev/shm for ultra‑fast reads while warning against common mistakes such as caching dynamic API responses or oversizing memory zones. Finally, it provides a quick sanity checklist (directory permissions, shared‑memory allocation, hit/miss headers) to ensure the configuration works after each reload.