Server Configuration

Cannot add PPA: ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

Cannot add PPA: ‘ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair’ Often, when trying to repair Windows MBR or even modify the boot order on a Ubuntu and Windows dual boot system, it is recommended to use the package “boot-repair”. the first step in this process is adding the repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair However, many people end up getting an error stating …

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405 method not allowed – IIS and Gutenberg

Some servers are not configured to allow all of the functionality for Gutenberg, the new WordPress editor. When saving, the PUT operation might be disallowed, giving you an error like: “405 method not allowed”. If you have access to your web.config file you can fix this problem with a minor change. Change: To: Or, just …

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Enabling SSL Over TLS For Filezilla Server

In order to encrypt communications via FTP, which is obviously more secure,  you should connect to a server using FTP over TLS. When you are using Filezilla Server this process is quite easy and can be completed in under 5 minutes. The certificate in the following steps will generate warnings as it isn’t issued by …

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Leverage Browser Caching in IIS Web.config

Google’s Page Speed test recommends the we leverage browser caching. To do this in Windows using IIS, open the site’s web.config and add a client caching directive: <system.webServer> <staticContent> <clientCache cacheControlMode=”UseMaxAge” cacheControlMaxAge=”365.00:00:00″/> </staticContent> </system.webServer> **There are “per file” rules that can be applied but this seems to be sufficient for Google

Invalid Request OpenSSL Error: Adding a new site to MainWP on Windows

I have been setting up MainWP on Windows and I ran into an issue when trying to add my first site. MainWP’s dashboard gave me an error, “Invalid Request” – not very descriptive. When I looked in my PHP error log I found: “[10-Dec-2016 14:20:34 UTC] PHP Warning: openssl_pkey_get_details() expects parameter 1 to be resource, …

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