AWFFull 4.0.0 — Modernising a 2008 Web Log Analyser

AWFFull 4.0.0 brings a long-overdue overhaul to a C-based web server log analyser forked from Webalizer: PCRE2 replaces EOL libpcre, libmaxminddb replaces the deprecated GeoIP .dat format, new ASN statistics show traffic by network operator, and optional Intel Hyperscan, mimalloc, and XXH3 deliver measurable performance gains on large logs. The release also adds a full GitLab CI/CD pipeline, .deb/.rpm packages, a multi-stage container image, updated browser and bot detection lists, and 100%-complete translations for 6 languages.

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AWFFull in the Cloud: Shipping Logs to Object Storage and Running in Containers

A practical guide to shipping web server access logs to AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage using Fluent Bit, Vector, or Filebeat/Logstash — including persistent buffering, retry configuration, concurrent write safety, and log loss prevention. Covers running AWFFull as a stateless container against object storage logs and serving the generated reports as a static website.

· 10 minutes reading time

loadgen-rs (Short): Results, Quick Start, and Tool Choice

A short version of the loadgen-rs article: what it does, benchmark highlights vs h2load, when to choose which tool, and how to start quickly in single-node and distributed mode.

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loadgen-rs: An HTTP Benchmark Client in Rust

How I built an HTTP benchmark client in Rust that supports HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 — machine-readable output, distributed multi-node mode, Terraform/Ansible cloud deployment, and what CPU profiling revealed about the performance ceiling.

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cert-manager-webhook-libdns: One Webhook, Many DNS Providers

How cert-manager-webhook-libdns enables DNS-01 across many DNS providers via libdns, with practical operational improvements, compatibility automation, and a quick Kubernetes deployment path.

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ESO (External Secrets Operator) Breaking Change in 0.10.0

ESO (External Secrets Operator) breaking change in 0.10.0: "secret does not contain needed label... Update secret label to use it with webhook".

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How to Run Tor Arti as an HTTP Proxy or Behind a g3 HTTP Proxy

How to run Tor Arti as an HTTP proxy or behind a g3 HTTP proxy.

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How to Host a Zola-Generated Site on GitLab Pages

How to host a Zola-generated site on GitLab Pages

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Simple autotls setup with ferron

This article describes simple autotls setup with ferron webserver

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How to automate TLSA update

This article describes how to automatically update the TLSA record for DANE

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