Aajonus.net - Static Markdown Website

Features

• 📝 Markdown Support - Write content in Markdown (.md) or plain text (.txt)
• 🔍 Full-text Search - Client-side search with highlighting
• 📁 Category Management - Automatic category detection from folder structure
• 🎯 SEO Optimized - Meta tags, canonical URLs, Open Graph, Twitter Cards
• ⚡ Performance - HTTP/2, Brotli compression, PHP-FPM
• 📱 Responsive - Mobile-friendly design
• 🔗 Clean URLs - .htaccess rewrite rules for pretty URLs

Server Setup

Configure Apache for .htaccess

Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

Find the <Directory /var/www/> section and change:

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All    # Change from None to All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Enable required Apache modules:

sudo a2enmod rewrite headers expires
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Deploy Your Website

1. Clone or upload your files to /var/www/html/
2. Upload your Markdown content to /var/www/html/texts/
3. Set proper permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
sudo find /var/www/html/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/html/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Enable HTTPS (Required for HTTP/2 and Brotli)

sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-apache
sudo certbot --apache -d yourdomain.com -d www.yourdomain.com
sudo systemctl restart apache2

After SSL is configured, uncomment the HTTPS redirect rules in your .htaccess.

Performance Optimization (Optional)

Install PHP-FPM & Enable HTTP/2

PHP-FPM provides better performance than mod_php:

# Install PHP-FPM with required extensions
sudo apt install php8.3-fpm php8.3-xml php8.3-mbstring -y
sudo systemctl enable --now php8.3-fpm

# Switch from mod_php to PHP-FPM
sudo a2dismod php8.3
sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi
sudo a2enconf php8.3-fpm

# Enable HTTP/2 (requires HTTPS)
sudo a2dismod mpm_prefork
sudo a2enmod mpm_event
sudo a2enmod http2

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Increase PHP-FPM Workers

Edit /etc/php/8.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf:

pm.max_children = 25

Apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm

Enable Brotli Compression

sudo apt install libapache2-mod-brotli -y
sudo a2enmod brotli
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Security & Server Hardening

Limit Journal Log Size

Edit /etc/systemd/journald.conf:

Uncomment and set:

SystemMaxUse=200M

Apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald

Install Fail2ban (Prevent Brute Force)

sudo apt install fail2ban -y
sudo systemctl enable fail2ban
sudo systemctl start fail2ban

Hide Apache Version

Edit /etc/apache2/conf-available/security.conf:

ServerSignature Off
ServerTokens Prod

Apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2