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Articles, Tips and Tutorials

Below are resources, write-ups, and how-to’s I found to be useful.

Add Certbot to shared GoDaddy hosting

Download and install acme.sh acme.sh is a full implementation of a LetsEncrypt client but that doesn’t depend on Python/pip/virtualenv/etc, and that doesn’t require root — […]

Update WordPress domain in phpMyAdmin

Run the below commands in your phpMyAdmin. Remember, if you have a different table alias, to adjust it accordingly.

Useful Linux commands

A few useful Linux commands to keep track of.

Ubuntu

How To Add Swap on Ubuntu 16.04

One of the easiest way of increasing the responsiveness of your server and guarding against out of memory errors in your applications is to add […]

AWS, MySQL

MySql crash due to lack of memory for buffer pool

I just suddenly ran into a big issue of MySQL crashing every couple of minutes on my Lightsail Linux instance. A quick look at the […]

Synology, WordPress

Synology mail() function

If you’re like me, and you have your WordPress site set up on your Synology box, the moment you forget your password to your login […]

Synology

Customizing the login page for a Synology box

This post will guide you through on how to set up a customized login screen for a Synology Disk Station beyond the settings provided in […]

Email, PHP, WordPress

Configure PHP mail() on Ubuntu

If you have installed WordPress on your Ubuntu instance, and choose to use a plugin such as Contact Form 7 (highly recommended), you might notice […]

AWS, SSL, WordPress

Securing Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 16.04

This tutorial will show you how to set up a TLS/SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt on an Ubuntu 16.04 server running Apache as a web […]

G Suite

Adding G Suite email addresses to @gmail account

In G Suite: Navigate to Apps -> G Suite -> Settings for Gmail -> Advanced settings Check Allow users to send mail through an external […]

Hosting, Synology, WordPress

WordPress on Synology

Some things I have learned from trial-and-error while setting up WordPress on my DS218+ Synology box.

AWS

Uploading a large SQL Dump file to phpMyAdmin

What to do when your sql dump file exceeds phpMyAdmin’s max limit of 2MB.

AWS

Creating an Ubuntu instance in AWS

Step-by-step instructions on how to create a Ubuntu 16.04 instance on AWS Lightsail and AWS EC2.

AWS, WordPress

Setting up WordPress on Ubuntu

A step-by-step tutorial on how to set up and install WordPress and all its necessary components on an Ubuntu 16.04 instance.

General

Useful online tools

These are resources I have used in the past, or have come across and found them to be possibly useful in the future.

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