software: WordPressplugin: Really Simple SSL The Problem: Browser Error | Your connection to this site is not fully secure So, you’ve gone through all the… Read More »HTTPS : Your Connection To This Site is Not Fully Secure
DDoS = distributed denial of service attack. server: NGINX os: UBUNTU The Problem A DDoS attack is a pain in the arse. It’s basically some… Read More »Fighting a DDoS Attack – Limiting Requests in NGINX
os: Ubuntu / Linux terminal: SSH mount: can’t find /dev/xvdg in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab The above is the exact response that my terminal in Ubuntu… Read More »Mount: Can’t Find /dev/xvdg in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
server: NGINX could not build the server_names_hash, you should increase either server_names_hash_max_size: 512 or server_names_hash_bucket_size: 64 The Problem As my server grows, so do the… Read More »NGINX Error: could not build the server_names_hash
server: NGINX monitoring tool: NGINX Amplify monitoring tool: ngxtop monitoring tool: access_log Necessity of Monitoring a Server As a professional, it’s essential you monitor the… Read More »Crucial Tools for Monitoring an NGINX Server Deployment
web server: NGINX os: Ubuntu application: NGINX Amplify NGINX Amplify is a great tool for monitoring the status of your NGINX deployment. It’s a new… Read More »NGINX Ubuntu Upgrade Fails with an Error
server: NGINX module: php5-fpm os: Ubuntu The Problem: Browsing to a Website returns 504 Gateway Timeout A first world problem is having to wait for… Read More »504 Gateway Timeout on NGINX Server
Server: nginx PHP version: php5-fpm OS: Ubuntu PHP is not limited to creating just HTML output. It can also be used to create and manipulate… Read More »Installing GD Library on PHP
Engine: WordPress Server: nginx Plugin suggestion: Wordfence Security Plugin This sure got me spinning in a loop, that’s for sure. To be quite honest, this… Read More »Updating WordPress Plugin 403 Forbidden Error Nginx
Engine: Magento Server: Apache on Ubuntu Command: SSH I’m actually quite shocked that Magento doesn’t have some more in-depth documentation/solution about the fact that their… Read More »Handling or Removing Magento Session Files Using Cron