Welcome to the final installment of this 3 part guide! In the previous section, we went over how to configure server blocks, move our test pages into the proper directories, creating symbolic links, and editing our host file. In part 3, we will be installing MySQL and PHP, configuring security settings, and ensuring Nginx can […]
In the first part of this LEMP installation guide, we went over updating and installing your Linux packages, installing and testing Nginx, configuring network ports, and creating test pages. In part 2, we are going to configure our server blocks, move our test pages, make sure they can be served, and edit our host file. […]
You can find many LAMP/LEMP tutorials online, but I am curating this “How-To” guide for my own benefit so I can come back to this when needed, and also perhaps if anyone needs help, this can serve as a starting point for them. I’m going to be using VirtualBox for this and I highly recommend […]
As an IT professional, I am in front of a screen every minute of every day. While I tend to keep myself busy, there are tons of distractions on the internet that can suck away any productivity time you have set aside. Whether it’s Reddit, Facebook, or just refreshing CNN to see the latest Trump […]
For those of you comfortable in Terminal or CLI, here is a very good tool to test a users disk speed for reading and writing. I usually use BlackMagic Disk Speed Test which you can download from the app store, but you can run this terminal command on the users computer instead. The test times […]
The last time you purchased a new iMac, there maybe have only been one kind of hard drive available (Apple SATA Disk Drive). If you look at Apple’s website today you may notice that there are now three options to choose from: Serial ATA Drive @ 7200RPM Fusion Drive SSD/Flash Storage While it may be […]
Eli is an IT Professional with his own YouTube channel and 750K subscribers. I’ve learned a lot from his free videos. He covers Networking basics like TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, Servers, and other relevant info. This class teaches students the mindset and processes required to professionally troubleshoot computer systems. Every new technician should fully understand the […]
We need to rethink how we manage our passwords and online assets. We tend to reuse the same username and password across all websites. We’ve seen a rash of databases for social services being dumped all across the dark web and even open internet. Whether it’s Ashley Madison, Adobe, MySpace, or even LinkedIn, major social […]
Working in a creative ad agency, I dealt a lot with cluttered desktops and digital disorganization. Organizing one’s desktop is pretty simple but when dealing with 500 machines, a script can help. I created the script below to organize a user’s desktop files by extension. It can be a little dangerous as it overwrites files […]
There seems to be an issue with users experiencing high CPU spikes when running Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, or Illustrator. Adobe put out some instructions on how to resolve it, but it’s a pretty tedious process if you run a design or creative ad agency. You’re going to have to perform these instructions for every application […]