# Looking for Guidance on Rocky Linux Optimization to Become a High-Performance Web Server

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**Created:** [June 14, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/looking-for-guidance-on-rocky-linux-optimization-to-become-a-high-performance-web-server/14616 "2024-06-14T08:40:06Z")\
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Hello Everyone 🤗,

I’m using Rocky Linux to build up a high-performance web server right now, and I would really appreciate some advice and suggestions from this experienced group.

**These are the details of my configuration:**

**Server specifications:**

- Two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 CPUs
- Memory: 128 GB DDR4
- 2TB NVMe SSD storage (with redundancy via RAID 1)
- Network: Dedicated 1 Gbps Uplink

**Goal:**

- Having several popular websites hosted
- Using several Dockerized apps
- database administration with PostgreSQL and MySQL
- File backup and storage

**I need guidance in the following areas and have a few specific questions:**

**Kernel and Performance Tuning:** What sysctl configurations or kernel parameters are suggested to maximise performance for this type of task? Are there any particular setups for Rocky Linux that can assist optimise hardware capabilities? :thinkidea:

**Security Best Practices:** Which security configurations and tools are really necessary to safeguard the server? :thinkidea:

Recommendations for intrusion detection systems, firewall configurations, and best practices for SSH security are of special interest to me.  
[Securing A Web Server](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/securing-a-web-server/13215) [uipath](https://www.igmguru.com/machine-learning-ai/rpa-uipath-certification-training/)

**Backup Solutions:** In particular, for huge databases and container data, can you recommend dependable and effective backup techniques and solutions that work well with Rocky Linux? :thinkidea:

**Monitoring and Maintenance:** Which methods and instruments work best for keeping an eye on the functionality and health of servers? :thinkidea:

**Optimisation for Web Hosting:** Do you have any particular suggestions for tuning Docker, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and Apache/Nginx for a Rocky Linux web server environment with a lot of traffic? :thinkidea:

Thank you 🙏 in advance for your guidance.

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