Over the last decade, there’s been an ever growing emphasis on security. SSL is taking a seat “Front-Row center” on this period of enlightenment. Interestingly enough, it’s not just about encrypting your traffic on the web. The purpose of this is far deeper. This article will delve into the “why” SSL’s importance has grown and…
Category: CentOS – RHEL
Apache can’t serve the .well-known directory
In an effort to set up SSL validation for this domain, I decided to use the Hash Validation technique. Needless to say, it’s never as straight-forwards as you want. Apache doesn’t like to serve the .well-known directory as it gives a “permission denied” error. A simple and easy fix is to alias it in the…
Database Backed Web Applications Advice
Here’s the scenario. You’ve got a dedicated server running windows in a server farm (generic dedicated server provider). You have mysql + asp or php app running all on the same server. Raid 1 mirroring and 2 GB of ram. You have to have windows, because your application supports it. Sound Familiar? It’s a problem…
A Perfect Example of Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Netflix went down yesterday due to power problems at Amazon’s Virginia Datacenter. This of course caused an outage for some of Amazon’s EC2 customers. (Like Netflix). This is a perfect example of why Redundancy in the cloud is important. All of my customers (some of them at EC2 Virginia) stayed up and available. How? Redundancy….
Backing Down from WordPress 3.4 to 3.3.2 [solution]
This post assumes you’re running CentOS. So modify the commands accordingly. I also assume you have your wordpress install in /var/www/something.com After a bit of a while I finally decided to take the leap again to WordPress 3.4 from 3.3.2 only to be disappointed again. There are still some issues they need to work out….
The Virtual Webtop – A different type of experience
The Term Webtop has been a long time, but has been a fledgeling technology that has failed to take off. The reality is the technology wasn’t ready. In my honest opinion, the original creators had the right idea, but they got the whole concept wrong. So here’s where I’ve come to think about it on…
What happened to “Human” in Humanity?
I really do need to ask this question. I appreciate my followers and yes, they’re a loyal bunch. I do need to EVERYBODY one question and everyone on the Internet. We all go about our lives. We see the homeless person at the exit ramp, on the sidewalk, etc. Granted a lot of them are…
Free Tech Support from me…
OK. I really believe in my project for helping the unemployed, so here’s what I propose. If you donate to my project and of course, get others to donate to my project, I will provide you with free tech support (my skills and advice) for a period of time. Donate: $25.00 you get 1 hour…
I guess this is a call out for help
I’m at the point where I can’t support this blog due to the traffic I’m getting. I really need some donations or something. I’m pushing about 5 GB of data a day and due to my divorce, I can’t afford to support this continually. I’m not asking for donations, although, they would help, but I…
Imagine never having to pay for a server admin
For Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Alike I don’t know if many people realize what my various amazon offerings are so I thought I would spell them out. The toughest thing to do is not just set up a server, but to set it up correctly and keep it running. By signing up with me,…