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Apache Multi Instance & Simultaneous PHP Versions

Apache Multi Instance & Simultaneous PHP Versions

There are plenty of reasons you might want to use multiple versions of PHP on a server. In my case I needed to set up a staging server that will be used to demo various websites and web apps that have different PHP requirements. The following diagram shows the flow

Omnibus GitLab and additional Nginx virtual hosts

Omnibus GitLab and additional Nginx virtual hosts

So you have a beast of a machine running GitLab and your like, "Man I feel like this thing could probably host some static websites too". Well, you're in luck. The following procedures will have you running additional virtual hosts with the nginx server that is

Case Sensitive Git on a Mac like a Boss

Case Sensitive Git on a Mac like a Boss

The Problem By default, MacOs uses a filesystem format that is not case sensitive Mac OS Extended (Journaled). That means that the directories a and A are essentially the same. This is a problem when working collaboratively with people using Linux or another case sensitive file system. Real world Example

Free SSL Encryption using Certbot and LetsEncrypt

Free SSL Encryption using Certbot and LetsEncrypt

Lets be honest folks. If SSL encryption is available free of charge and was easy to implement, wouldn't it be foolish not to use it? Here are some snippets to get you started using letsencrypt on your Ubuntu 16 LTS machine running Apache2. 1. Remove Letsencrypt (If previously

Ubuntu - Preload Answers to Apt Install

Whenever I install a package on a server I always create a bash provisioning script of the process so I can easily reproduce the installation in the future. One of the roadblocks you may run into while attempting to script an install is answering prompted questions for the install. Luckily

OS X Sceenshot Directory

Tired of a cluttered desktop? Yeah me too. Execute the following command in your terminal and your screenshots will be stored out of the way in your Documents/Screenshots directory. mkdir -p ~/Documents/Screenshots && defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots && killall SystemUIServer Command Breakdown

Delete LetsEncrypt Certificate from chain

Delete LetsEncrypt Certificate from chain

Ok, so LetsEncrypt is awesome but it has one MAJOR pitfall as of version 0.4.1-1 on Ubuntu, there is no delete option for the cli. There is however a workaround that will allow you to remove the domain from the cert renewal process and the chain. sudo rm

jQuery animated skill bars for your web resume

jQuery animated skill bars for your web resume

To see a working example of the skill bars. Go to Example The HTML Use the following html where you would like to have a skill bar section added.  <a href="javascript:void(0)" class=

Search for files using google

Searching the Internet for downloadable content is pretty easy since there are a lot of people out there hosting "files" for their personal use. What they don't know/don't care about is that google is indexing their public apache or nginx webroot. We can

Help me \Rhonda

Let's face it. We can all use a little help sometimes. Rhonda Helper was born out of a desire to write less code when developing with PHP. It addresses some common issues and tasks that need to be accomplished when developing in PHP. Check out the Rhonda Helper

Google places jQuery plugin

Getting reviews onto your website shouldn't be difficult. I made the Google places jQuery plugin to give a quick path to showing some reviews on a website based on the google place ID. Install it with bower $ bower install google-places Check out the documentation for more details google

Website benchmarking with ApacheBench

I was recently introduced to a tool to help with my web development by giving me some benchmark results. This will allow you to emulate multiple users accessing your site and to verify that the load times are acceptable. ApacheBench, which is bundled with the standard distribution of Apache will

PHP geocode an address using Google

In order to calculate distance between two points on a map you first need to have the Latitude and Longitude of your two locations. This snippet of code is one that I am using when a user registers their address in the sign up process. It seemed much more efficient