PHP 8 and Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Tutorial — 17 October, 2021
I needed to set up instances running PHP 8 a few times to test that my WordPress plugins and composer packages work on PHP 8. I also have…
Optimizing MySQL Queries — 22 April, 2019
When you first build a website the database may seem fast. All your queries may get executed quickly. But, after a while when the database…
Moving a WordPress Blog to Different Hosting — 08 July, 2018
2022 Update This post was written in 2018 and while I think most of the article still applies, there are other methods to deploy a WordPress…
Upgrading from Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 9 (Stretch) — 14 March, 2018
Previously, I looked at setting up Debian 8 with PHP 7.0. But now, Debian 9 is the current stable version and Debian 8 is only due to…
MySQL in the Command Line — 04 March, 2018
Following the setting up a Linux webserver tutorial. You may also wish to create a MySQL database. First, install MySQL in the Linux console…
Setting up a Linux Webserver with SSH in 20 Steps (Debian 8) — 19 March, 2017
Here is a guide to Setting up a Linux Webserver with SSH. This is for Debian 8 (Jessie) although other versions of Debian will be similar…