HOW TO : Configure nginx for WordPress permalinks
Over the last week, I moved this blog from a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stack. Have a blog...
HOW TO : Configure maven to work with a proxy server
We ran into an issue at work recently, when trying to deploy a spring boot based micro service. The application included some libraries that were downloaded...
HOW TO : Query varnishlogs to show backend server
Command parameters for varnishlog to view the backend server that is processing the request. In this particular case, I wanted to see the request URL and...
HOW TO : Check websockets using curl
Found this good article by Mark Huot regarding using curl to check websocket servers at http://www.thenerdary.net/post/24889968081/debugging-websockets-with-curl curl -i -N -H “Connection: Upgrade” -H “Upgrade: websocket” -H “Host:...
HOW TO : Capture ftp passwords using tcpdump
On a server that is running either the FTP client on server, you can capture the ftp password using tcpdump by tcpdump -A port ftp
Overheard : LASER stands for
I learned today that “laser” is an acronym that stands for light … amplification by … stimulated … emission of … radiation. Who knew? 🙂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser