If you’ve worked in IT, this story may sound familiar…
You start out as tech support, eventually land a help desk role, gain experience, maybe get promoted to help desk level 2, or become an IT admin.
What is NGINX?
Intro to NGINX If you’ve been following along with my posts, you have a sound introduction to Apache Web Server, how it functions, it’s place in history, and how Sumo Logic can help you sort through the numerous logs provided. Apache Access and Error logs are integral to understanding the traffic patterns and issues your users […]
How to Monitor Apache Web Server
In order to effectively manage and monitor your infrastructure, a web admin needs clear and transparent information about the types of activity going on within their servers. Server logs provide a documented footprint of all traffic and errors that occur within an environment. Apache has two main log files, Error Logs, and Access Logs. Error […]
Introduction to Apache Web Server
What is Apache Web Server? Apache HTTP Server is a free and open-source web server that delivers web content through the internet. It is commonly referred to as Apache and after development, it quickly became the most popular HTTP client on the web. It’s widely thought that Apache gets its name from its development history and […]
Using Twilio To Send SMS Texts via Python, Flask, and Ngrok
Python is great for many things. One thing, in particular, is hacking together code to develop and deploy simple web apps for particular functions or utilities you may need in your business. In this tutorial, I’ll be going over several how to integrate Twilio’s Programmable SMS systems using their Communications REST API, Python’s Flask micro-framework, […]
Configuring Ubuntu 18.04 for a Python Dev Environment with Flask, Gunicron, and VirtualEnv
Flask is a great Python framework for getting ideas up and running quickly on a lightweight app environment. In this tutorial, we are going to get Python 3.6 configured with development system packages to start a new Flask web application project and run it with Green Unicorn (Gunicorn). But first, what is Green Unicorn? Green Unicorn […]
Getting Started with LEMP: Installing Nginx, MySQL, PHP on Ubuntu 18.04 (Part 3 of 3)
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 […]
Getting Started with LEMP: Installing Nginx, MySQL, PHP on Ubuntu 18.04 (Part 2 of 3)
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. […]
Getting Started with LEMP: Installing Nginx, MySQL, PHP on Ubuntu 18.04 (Part 1 of 3)
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 […]