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Andrew Fletcher
In today's security-conscious world, enforcing HTTPS on your web applications is no longer optional—it's essential. Whether you're dealing with government reports or routine security audits, failing to enforce HTTPS can trigger warnings that leave you scrambling for a solution. In this article, I’ll walk you through a recent experience of enforcing HTTPS on a Drupal site hosted on an Nginx server. We’ll go over the steps taken, challenges encountered, and some useful tools for ensuring your site...
Andrew Fletcher
The current Nginx version running is 1.18.0.  It seems like the Nginx...
Andrew Fletcher
When Solr is displaying results on the site, first step is to log in the server...
Andrew Fletcher
On a server directory with over 100,000 PDF files, I needed to verify the...
Andrew Fletcher
To resolve the CVE-2022-48624 vulnerability on Ubuntu using Nginx, it's crucial...
Andrew Fletcher
In many terminal text editors, you use find command as reference in Terminal commands - find.  How about find and replace.  This action depends on the specific text editor you're using in the terminal.  Here are a few common terminal text editors and how you can find and replace strings within them: Vim To find: Press / followed by the search term and then Enter. /To replace: You can use the substitute command. For example, to replace "old" with "new" globally in the file, you can...
Andrew Fletcher
Having updated Solr, re-indexing wasn't working. The error in the logs...
Andrew Fletcher
On an Ubuntu 20.02 system with Nginx, you can utilize the following commands to...
Andrew Fletcher
Cleaning out or clearing data in Solr can be done in a few different ways,...
Andrew Fletcher
In an environment that is running Ubuntu 20.02 Nginx Solr   The default...
Andrew Fletcher
Adding an SSL wildcard certificate to an Ubuntu server involves several steps.  A wildcard certificate can secure subdomains of a domain with a single certificate. Here's a general outline of the process: I'll be using an existing wildcard certificate. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y  Copy the certificate sudo cp /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain/fullchain.pem /etc/ssl/your_domain.crt sudo cp /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain/privkey.pem /etc/ssl/your_domain.keyAdd the...
Andrew Fletcher
When logging into Ubuntu server you will see a response similar to Welcome to...
Andrew Fletcher
Forcing https and www or non-www is a process that I was a custom to through...
Andrew Fletcher
Goal: Restrict content access through username and password entry on an Nginx...
Andrew Fletcher
Whilst attempting to download the latest config.zip file for Solr, I was greeted...