Tag server

Hardcoding

So I’ve been trying to switch servers at work and let’s just say it’s been a freakin’ nightmare. Our servers are dated and to start off fresh, I suggested we setup new ones and move the app over. Simple right?…

CPU 100%

Not something you want to see in an email when you’re on “vaca” (ie. teething baby). At least it didn’t crash the server several times. The database was up to 400% usage too. Wheee. I will be the first to…

SSH and Putty color schemes

I've been using Putty for SSH for over a year now. I really haven't changed the default settings since using it. After having to live in SSH the last couple of weeks, I got seriously tired of the black background and dark blue colors. SO annoying. I tried to do a lot of research on how to change it via SSH and profiles and .dircolors. It just wasn't working. I could get it to work temporarily when I sourced a file once but it never stuck. Tried it through Putty as well, but again, it never worked or the color scheme was replaced when I logged out and logged in. I was finally able to figure out what buttons to push and in what order thanks to one ServerFault thread that kind of shed light on it.

SSH and aliases

I've had one heck of a week at work. I was given a fresh server and was told to install PHP, mysql, GIT, and everything on it that's required for my application so my app could function and be secure. I had to do this via SSH. One thing that I'm not very good at. Thank god I am surrounded by guys who rock at it and have more SSH experience than me. One thing I quickly learned: Aliases are freakin' awesome.

Localhost URLs

I’m a blonde. And this blonde doesn’t really do a whole lot of new sites on her machine. When I do, I like to have a customed URL so I don’t have to type in an IP address everytime. To…