[Qgis-developer] Cloudflare for qgis.org sites

[Marco Bernasocchi]

hi all, I can just confirm Larry's very good experuence.
ciao

Marco Bernasocchi (mobile)
http://opengis.ch
On 30 Oct 2012 02:59, "Larry Shaffer" <larrys at dakotacarto.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The recent downtime of qgis.org sites reminds me of several corporate
> websites I've worked with that, due to design requirements, needed to
> remain with older server software and code base. The older sites could
> not handle the bot traffic, and needed extra up-front security and a
> cdn system to remain viable as their traffic grew.
>
> I've been involved with Cloudflare.com shortly after its inception
> [0], and I can definitely recommend using its services as a web-based
> reverse proxy in front of sites that can use the advantages it offers:
> off-site caching, threat blocking with API (great for blocking DoS
> attacks), auto-insertion of Google Analytics, worldwide content
> distribution netowrk, site offline notices, inexpensive SSL etc. All
> of this without any changes to the sites, and only small changes to
> DNS records and server configs.
>
> The free plan with them will do a lot to start, though the Pro plan
> offers the SSL and other nice features [1]. They are also pretty good
> to work with, and may be able to extend a price break for the project,
> in return for sponsor status and recognition.
>
> Basically, using Cloudflare reduced the server load on my recent VPS
> instance by ~30%, before tweaking cache headers, etc. (cloudfare ->
> nginx rev proxy -> apache/php )
>
> Regards (and no, I'm not affiliated with them),
>
> Larry
>
> [0] https://www.cloudflare.com
> [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/plans
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