Category: System Administration
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Disable .htaccess on Apache
It is possible to disable .htaccess files while using mod_rewrite in virtual host’s configuration file. Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Require all granted RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
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Running Node.js App with Supervisord on Homestead
Earlier I covered how to continuously run Node.js app with Forever. In this article I will explain how to run Node.js app with Supervisord. Since Homestead already has Supervisord installed, we will use it. First, let’s create a simple node application. Edit after.sh script in Homestead installation to contain the following code: #!/bin/sh cd /var/www…
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Using PhpMyAdmin With Homestead
Laravel Homestead includes a lot of software, but unfortunately does not have PhpMyAdmin. You can always install it on nginx, but if you have it already on your host system (for example, as a part of xampp package), you can always configure it as a Nginx site. First of all, you need to edit your config.inc.php file. At…
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Run Node.js Apps with Forever on Ubuntu Server
PM2 is a great process manager for Node.js apps. I have been using PM2 for a while, but lately it gave up on me – it refused to start one of my Node.js apps. I tested the app and did not find any problems with it: it started up and ran ok when I was…
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WordPress Errors and Solutions
Infinite redirect loop If there is infinite redirect loop, put this line in functions.php of current theme. remove_filter(‘template_redirect’, ‘redirect_canonical’); WordPress asks for FTP credentials Change ownership of your WordPress directory. chown –R www-data:www-data Nginx: 413 Request Entity Too Large Error Change Nginx config file sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf # set client body size to 128M #…
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Installing a Website on Apache Virtual Host with Nginx as a Reverse Proxy
In this post I would like to share a workflow I use to install a website on my Amazon Web Services cloud server. My server configuration consists of Nginx – a server for my Node.js applications and a reverse proxy for Apache, Apache that I use for hosting websites, PHP5-FPM, MySQL database, and Postfix email…