Installing whm/cpanel and Using a Remote MySQL Server
Got a task: install WHM/cPanel on a server. Sounds simple enough, except there are two servers involved: 1 - web server. 2 - MySQL database server.
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Error: database disk image is malformed
To make yum work again in CentOS after this error:
osCommerce Language File Issue
Working with an osCommerce shop, I periodically hit a ‘503 Server Error’.
How to Run Multiple Skype Instances in Ubuntu
In this note I want to show how you can run several Skype processes in Linux Ubuntu. I have 2 running - work and personal.
How to make Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs work in Joomla! on Nginx
Search engine friendly (SEF) URLs are the links to the articles of your site in a form that is easy on the eye. They at least partially show what the post on...
Problem uploading files over php forms in Apache
Today I encountered the problem of uploading files that clearly do not exceed the post_max_size and upload_max_filesize limits. The following error appears: ...
How to Compile php v.5.5.10 from Sources
This note covers how to install the latest version of PHP on your server from source, using PHP 5.5.10 + CentOS 6.5 as an example.
Installing the Plesk Migration Manager
To install additional Plesk components you can use this utility: /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/autoinstaller
Load balancing with NginX
Hello, dear reader. In this article I want to describe how to set up NginX for load balancing across several back-end servers, say Apache.
Building a secure web server
To create the most secure web server we need the following: Create a sandbox chroot with debootstrap sandbox apache2, php5, mysql install and configur...
Purging the Varnish cache from the browser with PHP
In this note I want to show how to purge the Varnish cache in an elegant way. The article describes how to delete pages=objects from the cache using their UR...
Brief description of Apache mod_rewrite directives
A brief educational program about the directives that mod_rewrite provides
.htaccess tips and tricks
I’d like to present a set of interesting and not very features of .htaccess files and what can be done with them. Most of what is described here falls into t...
Out of memory on a WordPress server, or what to do about php memory_limit
Today, logging into the blog admin, I got this error:
IIS, PHP, OpenSource CMS and rabbits
Personally I consider hosting open-source projects on Windows Server a sacrilege, a stupidity and a moral defect. But sometimes there is a project where the ...