You need to use the alias directive for location /static: server { index index.html; server_name test.example.com; root /web/test.example.com/www; location /static/ { alias /web/test.example.com/static/; } } The nginx wiki explains the difference between root and alias better than I can: Note that it may look similar to the root directive at first sight, but the document … Read more
The link mentioned by Subimage was right on the money for me. It suggested changing the virtual host tag, ie, from <VirtualHost myserver.example.com:443> to <VirtualHost _default_:443> Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long This usually means the implementation of SSL on your server is not correct. The error is usually caused by a server side problem which the server … Read more
The Express API doc spells this out pretty clearly. Additionally this answer gives the steps to create a self-signed certificate. I have added some comments and a snippet from the Node.js HTTPS documentation: var express = require(‘express’); var https = require(‘https’); var http = require(‘http’); var fs = require(‘fs’); // This line is from the … Read more
I found this script on this site and it seems to work quite well. Copy over your .git directory to your web server On your local copy, modify your .git/config file and add your web server as a remote: [remote “production”] url = username@webserver:/path/to/htdocs/.git On the server, replace .git/hooks/post-update with this file (in the answer … Read more
Apache Tomcat is used to deploy your Java Servlets and JSPs. So in your Java project you can build your WAR (short for Web ARchive) file, and just drop it in the deploy directory in Tomcat. So basically Apache is an HTTP Server, serving HTTP. Tomcat is a Servlet and JSP Server serving Java technologies. … Read more
Most of the times these terms Web Server and Application server are used interchangeably. Following are some of the key differences in features of Web Server and Application Server: Web Server is designed to serve HTTP Content. App Server can also serve HTTP Content but is not limited to just HTTP. It can be provided … Read more
Simplest Node.js server is just: $ npm install http-server -g Now you can run a server via the following commands: $ cd MyApp $ http-server If you’re using NPM 5.2.0 or newer, you can use http-server without installing it with npx. This isn’t recommended for use in production but is a great way to quickly … Read more
The previous answers were accurate, but perhaps too terse. I will try to add some examples. First of all, the word “proxy” describes someone or something acting on behalf of someone else. In the computer realm, we are talking about one server acting on the behalf of another computer. For the purposes of accessibility, I … Read more