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‎change-log.html‎

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<h2>2014</h2>
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<h3>May</h3>
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<li>Added learning checklist to operating system page.</li>
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<li>Added learning checklist to operating systems and web servers pages.</li>
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<li>Adding more logging resources.</li>
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<li>Continuing to add learning checklists to sections such as servers.</li>
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<li>Moving navigation options into meta tags on markdown pages.</li>

‎feeds/all.atom.xml‎

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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Matt Makai</title><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>http://www.fullstackpython.com/</id><updated>2014-05-07T13:26:11Z</updated></feed>
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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Matt Makai</title><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="http://www.fullstackpython.com/feeds/all.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>http://www.fullstackpython.com/</id><updated>2014-05-07T14:53:42Z</updated></feed>

‎source/content/pages/03-deployment/0307-web-servers.markdown‎

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## Web servers learning checklist
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Choose a web server. [Nginx](http://nginx.org/en/) is recommended although
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[Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/) is also a great choice.
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Create an SSL certificate. For testing use a self-signed certificate and for a
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production app buy one from [Digicert](http://www.digicert.com/). Configure
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the web server to serve traffic over SSL. You'll need SSL for serving only
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HTTPS traffic and preventing security issues that occur with unencrypted user
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input.
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Configure the web server to serve up static files such as CSS, JavaScript
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and images.
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<i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Once you set up the [WSGI server](/wsgi-server.html) you'll need to configure
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the web server as a pass through for dynamic content.
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## Client requests
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A client that sends a request to a web server is usually a browser such
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as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, but it can also be a

‎source/content/pages/10-misc/1005-change-log.markdown‎

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* Added learning checklist to operating systems and web servers pages.
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* Adding more logging resources.
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* Continuing to add learning checklists to sections such as servers.
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* Moving navigation options into meta tags on markdown pages.

‎web-servers.html‎

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<a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/">Tim Berners-Lee</a> at CERN in 1989.
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Modern browsers and web servers have simply extended the language of the Web
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to incorporate new standards.</p>
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<h2>Web servers learning checklist</h2>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Choose a web server. <a href="http://nginx.org/en/">Nginx</a> is recommended although
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<a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache</a> is also a great choice.</p>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Create an SSL certificate. For testing use a self-signed certificate and for a
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production app buy one from <a href="http://www.digicert.com/">Digicert</a>. Configure
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the web server to serve traffic over SSL. You'll need SSL for serving only
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HTTPS traffic and preventing security issues that occur with unencrypted user
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input.</p>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Configure the web server to serve up static files such as CSS, JavaScript
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and images.</p>
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<p><i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i>
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Once you set up the <a href="/wsgi-server.html">WSGI server</a> you'll need to configure
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the web server as a pass through for dynamic content.</p>
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<h2>Client requests</h2>
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<p>A client that sends a request to a web server is usually a browser such
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as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, but it can also be a</p>

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