Caddy vs Nginx for Self-Hosting: Which One to Pick
A straight comparison of Caddy and Nginx for self-hosting: when Caddy’s automatic HTTPS saves you real time, when you still need Nginx, and how to pick.…
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nginx 1.31.7 / 1.30.6: Five Security Fixes to Apply
nginx 1.31.7 (mainline) and 1.30.6 (stable) fix five medium-severity CVEs shipped 14 Oct 2026: alias+rewrite buffer overflow, script-expression overflow, HTTP/3 body injection, TLS session-ticket forgery, and an AIO/SSI use-after-free. How to tell which of your configs are in scope, and how to upgrade.…
Read more →Self-Hosted HTTP Tunnels: Replace ngrok With a VPS
A decision guide and working configs for running your own HTTP tunnel on a VPS - SSH reverse tunnels with autossh, self-hosted relays (frp, rathole, bore, chisel), and what Cloudflare Tunnel and Tailscale Funnel still do for you.…
Read more →Nginx Control API: Reload Config over REST
Nginx 1.31.5 brings the Control API to open source. Reload the config with a PATCH over a Unix socket, get JSON feedback instead of tailing error.log, and wire it into your deploy pipeline.…
Read more →Nginx Reverse Proxy Config: Hardened Server Block
What proxy_pass really does, the headers that matter, and a complete hardened Nginx reverse proxy config you can copy onto your own VPS.…
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