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Avoiding Outages when using Wordfence & NGINX
If you run WordPress, it's a good idea to have some type of security software to protect against the endless attacks waged against your precious websites. One of the most popular security plugins available to mitigate this onslaught is Wordfence.
Wordfence is a free security plugin that offers a lot of features to protect your site, one of which is called Firewall Optimiza ...
Budget Load Balancing with MariaDB on Ubuntu
I've spent a bit of time researching this topic as I was trying to find a low-cost solution for clients who needed their websites to be up 24/7, but don't have the budget for an enterprise type setup. Initially, I tried out a two server solution utilizing MariaDB's MaxScale software, but soon found out that this software requires a paid license and that only older versions are free to use.
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Live Image Backups with Veeam Agent for Linux
There's not a whole lot of options for Linux when it comes to live, full-image backups. Even fewer when you're looking for something free and easy to use. Don't give up hope though, because you've stumbled upon the right guide and the right app.
Veeamis a software company that has made a name for itself in the world of virtual machines backups, but they've been offering free versions of thei ...
Migrating from Apache to NGINX on Ubuntu with WordPress
Apache has been around forever. It's been the dominant web server since the beginning of the Dot-com era and if you're a Linux admin, you've most likely crossed paths with Apache at some point. Enter NGINX.
NGINXhasn't been around for nearly as long as Apache, but it has established itself as the second most used web server platform in the world. I myself have been slow to give NGINX a look ...
Multiple Domains with ddclient (Namecheap)
ddclient is an application that can automatically update your DNS hosting provider with your current IP address if you're not lucky enough to have a broadband connection with a static IP. In short, it's a Dynamic DNS client.
I myself started using ddclient a few years ago, but was never able to get it to work with multiple domain names. At the time, I'm not even sure it was possible. I ended ...
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