Server setup

[Great Dane]

Can VB run with a two server setup - front-end/back-end server?
This is in order to have the database inside a firewall for hacker protection.

[need2fart]

Like a reverse proxy? If so, yes.

Here is a nginx configuration example for a front end server connecting to your remote back end

worker_processes 4;

events {
worker_connections 1024;
}

http {
#create a directory for storing cached content
proxy_cache_path /usr/local/nginx/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=STATIC:10m
inactive=24h max_size=1g;

include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;

gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 3;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript text/x-js;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;

server {
listen 80;

location / {
proxy_pass http://37.55.112.15/; #server ip of main vbulletin site
proxy_set_header Host website.net; #domain name
proxy_cache STATIC;
proxy_cache_valid 200 1d;
proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
}
}
}

It will serve content over gzip and cache static objects for 24 hours.