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.