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Find step-by-step technical guides and tutorials for load balancer configuration. Learn how to master Layer 4, 7 and GSLB, automate deployments with our API/CLI, and configure advanced features like SSL termination, health checks, and HA clustering.

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Finally, a simple way to convert MaxMind GeoIP Database files to the legacy DAT format!

NGINX and X-Forwarded-For Header (XFF)

The X-Forwarded-For Header is a simple yet powerful solution to a very common problem. I'm not sure why, but for some reason it also seems to cause a lot of confusion...

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Load balancing PaperCut Version 20

PaperCut v20 has made great strides with high availability and failover capabilities...

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AWS reservations, savings plans, and spot instances explained

I often hear that AWS seems expensive, in most cases, this is because people are not fully aware of the best cost-saving practices. Amazon offers many tools to help keep costs down and is always working to improve on these. One such recent improvement is the new "AWS Savings Plans"...

AWS / Azure / GCP How-tos Comparisons

Smart, secure encryption with SNI

In the early days of the Internet, there was very little encrypted traffic. People simply trusted that nobody was out to get them. But later on, security and encryption became an important part of online life...

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