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Custom Dockerfile for PHP 5.6 / Apache / WPCLI

I wanted to get my old wordpress 3.4 websites running again, so I had to build a couple docker images, and a docker compose file. This starts with Ubuntu 16, as I thought I would be able to get PHP5 on there. But in rea...

Update Ubuntu server system time

Yesterday I setup a rotating backup for my wordpress sites that I am self hosting on an ubuntu server. Had to update the system time on my server to make sure my cron jobs actually execute when I expect them to. I ran...

How to get free SSL certificates quickly installed on your Linux / NGINX server.

If you're not aware of the letsencrypt project, let me teach you! This wonderful organization is basically handing out free money, in the form of SSL certificates. So if you're savvy enough to self host your sites, you...

Had to setup ProxyPass in Apache2

I did some crazy stuff with ProxyPass in my development environment like: Setting up a reverse proxy using Apache in Ubuntu: 1. Install reverse_proxy module sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-proxy-html 2. Install l...

mnogosearch

Finally got mnogosearch indexing and installed the php front end. The PHP front end is very ugly. And not even functional! Not sure what I am supposed to do to get it working right. The worst part is, the search engi...

Google Analytics Real Time tracking

This new feature is awesome. It allows me to watch in real time as people land on my websites, and how they navigate. Soon I predict you will be able to isolate individual users, and watch their use case stories....