Removing Perl modules installed from cpan
The cpan utility will help you install any Perl module. The thing is that cpan downloads the source archives, compiles them and installs them. The problem sh...
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Importing posts from WordPress into Yii
Riding the wave of the previous post, I decided to play around with Yii and try porting this site, posts and pages included, over to Yii.
Run Yii in Docker container locally
In this article I want to tell you what I did to automatically deploy NginX, php-fcgi and install Yii using docker. It can be usefull for local development. ...
Mysqldump using PHP
I’ve run into this more than once: you need to pull a dump of a large database from hosting, but there’s no remote access to the mysql engine. PhpMyAdmin mig...
Automatic Website Configuration in Apache
The simple life of simple websites on an Apache server.
Automatic Website Configuration in NginX
The simple life of simple websites on an NginX server.
Using expect in bash scripts
Expect is a wrapper that provides the ability to program the input for interactive programs. Interactive programs are applications that require the input of ...
FireWall in CentOS7
In CentOS7 you can no longer edit the usual iptables firewall rules the way you’re used to. iptables itself is still there, but it’s now wrapped in firewalld...
PHP: Streaming bash Command Output Line-by-Line in the Browser
To fire off a bash command from php code and output the results, you can use shell_exec(), but what if you need to see the whole output in real time as the s...
Using ClamAV (clamscan) on a Linux server
ClamAV is an open source antivirus that allows you to detect trojans, rootkits and other nasty things. Clamscan is a scanning module.
Scan server with Chkrootkit
A rootkit is a hidden type of software. Usually it allows you to hide the existence of certain processes or programs from conventional detection methods or a...
Restoring the root user’s password in Linux
Stuff happens in life, and root passwords get lost. So what do you do when you need into the system and the password is gone? The actual question: how do you...
Enabling geodata support in Apache, or building mod_geoip from source
While working on a WHM server I ran into the following problem installing mod_geoip:
Mysql-Proxy: Error while loading shared libraries
If you’re reading this note, chances are you followed some random mysql-proxy install guide.