Setting up Nginx + perl-fcgi
Everyone praises Nginx for its performance. But nobody accounts for the fact that it’s so fast because it’s missing all those modules that extend Apache’s fu...
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Switching PHP to CGI mode for a specific folder.
Recently, I came across an issue: phpMyAdmin was complaining about the absence of the mcrypt module in PHP. The strange thing was that when I ran php -m in t...
Adding sites to IIS7 from the command line
A quick note on how to create a site in IIS7 from the command line (cmd.exe). It is very handy if you need to create 100+ sites.
Building NginX v.1.9.10 from source
Installing any software by compiling the package from source is the best way to get the latest versions.
Quickly building an rpm package in CentOS with Checkinstall
To build an RPM package from an application’s source code you need Checkinstall.
Working with the mail queue in Qmail
Qmail is not the last word in mail delivery technology, but this smtp daemon is still very widespread. In particular many servers with the Plesk panel use ex...
Securing Weak Points in Apache SSL Configuration
Vulnerabilities are occasionally found in the SSL protocol, which enables encrypted traffic exchange between a server and a client. These vulnerabilities pot...
The utf8mb4_unicode_ci problem
While restoring a mysql database dump, this error pops up:
Install modsecurity for Apache
ModSecurity is a kind of firewall for Apache, Nginx and IIS. This is a module that provides a set of rules for filtering traffic. This is a ‘must have’ modul...
Disable Diffie-Hellman Modulus vsFTPD
I couldn’t find how to disable Diffie-Hellman encryption in vsFTPD TLS.
Upgrading Apache 2.2.31 OpenSSL 1.0.1q on CentOS 6.7
In recent times, I’ve increasingly encountered the need to update OpenSSL to its latest version on servers. Unfortunately, so much relies on the OpenSSL libr...
Backing up MySQL stored procedures, functions and triggers
MySQL 5 introduced some interesting new features, like stored procedures and triggers. In this short note I’ll show how to back up and restore these using my...
Undefined subroutine &Symbol::gensym
Today I got the following error while trying to install the Apache2::Reload Perl module through cpan:
MySQL client error
Today I ran into this error calling the mysql client:
Using Loops in the Windows Command Line
After years working in the linux console, it’s really hard to do tasks on windows servers.