Servers

<p>In this section I keep notes and write&nbsp;extended tutorials on things like configuring Nginx servers, serving Drupal. Upgrading&nbsp;Ubuntu, PHP-FPM, e.t.c.&nbsp;Apache, Jboss, Tomcat and other might pop in this section as well. Basically routine tasks and solved problems I'm facing everyday.&nbsp;</p>

How To Fix Mixed Content Errors From Disqus on HTTPS site

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Today I noticed that SSL connection on this blog had errors due to “mixed content”, meaning HTTPS site was loading additional content that was served over insecure HTTP. After a little bit of digging in the console, I discovered that the issue was…


Postfix Send Only SMPT Mail for Drupal 8 on Ubuntu 16.04, Nginx

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If you have recently installed a fresh Drupal 8 site on Ubuntu 16.04 with Nginx running on it and you are getting Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site administrator if the problem persists notice after submitting contact form, you are missing an…


How To Install GlobalSight Translation Management System on Linode VPS (Ubuntu 14.04)

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There are plenty of translation management systems available on the market, some are better, some have features that other's don't have. And some are paid while some are Open Source (free) In today's servers article series I will share my…


OwnCloud - Increase Max File Upload Size

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It has been more than 2 years, since I installed (set and forgot) OwnCloud for internal file sharing.  For the past two years OwnCloud have worked like a charm (and still does). Just today I faced a problem - I tried to upload file larger than 513…


How To Password Protect Your site with Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04

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I was working on a new customers website, and I was looking for ways to showcase current development stage to the client, meanwhile hiding contents from others. Sounds familiar? In this server series guide I will provide info how to set up basic…


How to Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 LTS

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In this article I will provide simple instructions on how to upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04.  In fact I didn't wanted to push for a server upgrade for a while, but decided to do it now, and not to wait when things will break completely. In fact I…


How To Enable PHP Curl Ngnix (Good for Social share counters)

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Today I was eager to install and enable really cool Drupal module for my blog - Social Share Counter, this module looked simple - all I had to do, just download, enable and a little bit tweak around. From module creator (s) This module gives the…


How to Upgrade PHP 5.3 to 5.5.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 to Support Drupal 8

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That day finally have come and I've officially started a new project on my first Drupal 8 website. While my first attempts were about two years ago, but due to the lack of time and will to explore new things and configure new servers I proceeded…


LEMP Server Ubuntu 12.04 for serving Drupal on Nginx

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In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 12.04 for serving a Drupal site (s). Update: I originally started this post to document my setup for actually configuring Nginx server on Ubuntu for Drupal site at the start of…


How to Renew Let's Encrypt SSL Certificate

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Free SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt certify are issued for a short 3 month term. I first enabled secure HTTPS pages around at start of 2016, and now it's time to renew SSL.  The following tutorial is written for Nginx, but should work for…