To set an environment variable on Ubuntu, can be achieved via a few options.  This depends on whether you want the variable to be system-wide or specific to a user's session.  Here are a couple of more common methods for setting environment variables: Setting environment variables for the current session You can set an environment variable for the current user's session by using the export command in your shell. The variable will be available as long as the session is active. To set an...

Forcing https and www or non-www is a process that I was a custom to through .htaccess.  In fact I had become very strong at managing and working my .htaccess files.  However, what I had become strong in one area, I was oblivious to using other methods.  My bad. Well that was until I had to change my way.  Working on an Nginx server, .htaccess was not in play.  Instead, I needed to configure the /etc/nginx/sites-available directory. For me to force SSL and www I...