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Andrew Fletcher
An approach to generating a backup server is using a shell script.  A script can define directories to backup, and pass those directories as arguments to the tar utility, which creates an archive file. The archive file can then be moved or copied to another location.   Example Shell Script #!/bin/bash # # Backup script # # NAME: daily-backup.sh # PATH: /mnt/e/bin # DESC: Backup scripts, documents and configuration files to .tar # # What to backup # backup_files="/home...
Andrew Fletcher
Creating a bash script Bash scripts are files containing code that tell your...
Andrew Fletcher
How do you generate a .pem file from an existing .ppk key? Is putty on your...
Andrew Fletcher
In this woalk through I am going to use GitHub.  However, the steps are...
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Attempting to update the database, irrespective whether I run update.php or...
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As a web developer, you will most likely need to run local copies of a bunch of different web sites. Regularly switching between several sites daily.  Sometime Drupal, other Laravel and whatever frameworks that are in your toolkit.   Install Docker and Lando Do you have Docker installed?  No, then go to the Docker Desktop page and download. Now let's look in to Lando.  Have a look at the Lando releases on GitHub to download the latest package for your OS. Run the installer. I...
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On your local OSX environment using Terminal or iTerm you can create a MySQL...
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This article assumes that you are running Docker and Lando already.  Don't...
Andrew Fletcher
While working with lando, I had the following error ERROR: for safs_appserver_1...
Andrew Fletcher
In terminal I ran a regular command - compose update.  Something I've...
Andrew Fletcher
Currently I'm working through an app that has been abandoned by the developers.  The client was getting no response from the dev company, when they asked if I could have a look.  The app hadn't been updated for 18 months.  So of course, a product that hasn't been updated in that timeframe is going to have a suite of npm update issues / conflicts.   What is the difference between dependancy and devDependancy packages? When you install an npm package using npm install...
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I installed Lando 3.6.2 and Laravel 9.  When I visit the web page, I...
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First off, this isn't the only method to achieve the outcome of emptying a...
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Working in Lando and you have hit the situation where you need to view the log...
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Changes in your .env file Connecting your app to the new environment you need to...