Articles tagged ‘page speed’ include those tackling back-end server performance as well as front-end performance.
With the Server 5.1 update providing TLS 1.2 support at last, courtesy of LibreSSL 2.2.6, it’s easy to score A+ on the Qualys SSL Server Test. Here’s a quick run-through of how to get the best performance from the new version.
As of version 5, the Server app still only supports TLS version 1.0 and a handful of suitable ciphers, but even within those constraints, we can improve the situation significantly by shutting off RC4 support and setting a preferred cipher order.
Unless you’re still using a version of the Server app released in 2013 or before, setting up OCSP stapling on OS X is very straightforward. Here’s how to boost performance by configuring OCSP stapling, plus an extra note to clear up some confusion about HSTS.
Several small tweaks can improve the performance of the Apache proxy introduced in version 5 of the Server app for OS X.
Here’s how to set up a centrally managed ban list to protect your server from badly behaved bots and other miscreants. With a simple addition, you can also prevent bad bot visits from even appearing in your Apache access logs.
The second of two built-in options for rotating Apache access logs and error logs on OS X Server is piping to the rotatelogs utility. You can set it up on a host-by-host basis using a very simple web app that can be enabled with a single checkbox in Server.app.
The first of two built-in options for rotating Apache access logs and error logs on OS X Server is newsyslog. You can set it up with just a couple of lines dropped into a configuration file.
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