How to give good .env
Now that I’m running my wordpress installation using docker-compose, I found that it’s sometimes convenient to use an .env file to hold all the environment… Read More »How to give good .env
Using Fail2ban with Nginx
Fail2ban is an intrusion prevention tool written in Python. It scans the log files of various services and bans any IPs that are found to… Read More »Using Fail2ban with Nginx
Keepass on linux with chromium
Steps to install Keepass and the http sync plugin on Debian or similar: sudo apt-get install keepass2 wget https://passifox.appspot.com/KeePassHttp.plgx sudo mv KeePassHttp.plgx /usr/lib/keepass2
SSH and Security
Reading lowendtalk today I was reminded of a few of the tricks I use to make my access to my vps a little safer and… Read More »SSH and Security
Performance tests
So you have paid for your new VPS, it sounds good on paper and you haven’t broken the bank. Now it’s time to see if… Read More »Performance tests
Nginx version 1.0.0 stable
Nginx version 1.0.0 stable was just released and during the upgrade I encountered some problems and had to change several things about my setup to… Read More »Nginx version 1.0.0 stable
Memory tips
Looking at your process list and not happy with the amount of memory that your new setup is taking up? Stop mysql: $ stop mysql… Read More »Memory tips
Use sshfs to edit remote files
As the new improved cross platform version of Sublime Text 2 has been released. (go and download it as fast as humanly possible ) I… Read More »Use sshfs to edit remote files
Nginx + php-fastcgi
Here’s my cobbled together guide. I installed this on Debian squeeze yesterday and exactly the same steps for Ubuntu 10.10 today. apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client… Read More »Nginx + php-fastcgi