The Downtime of Alibaba Cloud Hong Kong Region
On December 18, 2022, an exception occurred in Alibaba Cloud Hong Kong services. The Hong Kong server used by this site was also affected. Due to my incorrect alarm configuration, some domain names were not correctly switched and resolved, causing a small number of users to be unavailable for up to half an hour. However, the problem occurred in the Alibaba..
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Comparison of Several Full-Site CDNs
Configuring a site-wide CDN can cache HTML pages and speed up time to first page load. This article focuses on WordPress site-wide caching, solutions for mixing domestic and international CDNs, and the correct way to cache pages on CDNs. This article mainly introduces CloudFront, and also compares several CDNs such as Cloudflare, Youpaiyun, Baidu Cloud Acc..
Read moreSome suggestions on website construction and service purchase
Building a website, building a software (or game) server, etc., may have many entanglements and pits. This article is based on my personal experience to help you choose the most suitable solution for you, as well as some suggestions, listed at the end Come out with some services that I recommend. Three Types Of ServicesIn general, the services that need to..
Read moreInstall GitLab on Your Own Server Instead of GitHub!
Most of the code, configuration files, etc. deployed on my server are version controlled using Git. In order to be more convenient to use and configure, a whole system is usually used for management. Obviously, in some code and configuration files, there will be some confidential content, such as some keys, so it must not be disclosed. Although GitHub.com ..
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A Few WordPress Optimization Suggestions
WordPress is the most popular content management system out there, and this site uses it. But for a fresh installation of WordPress, its performance is not very high, and when the traffic to the website suddenly increases, it is very important to optimize the performance. By implementing the following solutions, you can greatly improve the speed of WordPre..
Read moreComprehensive Comparison of DNS Services such as CloudXNS, Route 53, and Alibaba Cloud DNS
DNS ([Domain Name System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain Name System)) is a service of the Internet. It can point the domain name to an IP (server), so that you can access a website through the domain name. A website that can be accessed through a domain name requires a DNS server. This refers to the authoritative DNS used for the webmaster’s domain ..
Read moreThe pros and cons of static web pages
Static web pages, that is, pure HTML web pages, each page in the blog is a .html file. First of all, there is a misunderstanding here. Some people think that static web pages cannot be easily updated. In fact, static web pages can be easily updated. With the help of static web page generators, updating them is not complicated. When it needs to update an ar..
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