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Andrew Fletcher
Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the copy [cp] command.  This came about due to 'upgrading' the server from Centos 6 to 7.  Once I had migrated a domain, I ran the following command yes | cp -rf 'stg/core' 'tmpdir'To my surprise, the first run of this command took over 38 minutes to complete.  Crap!  Yes a simple cp -a command is a very painful and slow process.  Read more about the pain and times under Centos 7 in this...
Andrew Fletcher
Looking to install Solr on your server?  Not sure if it worth the...
Andrew Fletcher
Installing Varnish to increase the speed of the page load. Install varnish using...
Andrew Fletcher
A recent attempt to run an update composer (regular activity for many of...
Andrew Fletcher
I'm writing these steps primarily for myself as a reference.  However, if...
Andrew Fletcher
A bug bear that I have had for a while with Drupal content is how come the author of an article is actually their username.  I have an array of reasons to vent my dislike for this strategy... however, instead I will show you how to change it.  Albeit, programmatically!  Don't stress there actually isn't a huge amount of code to add.  In time I'll create a module so no coding is required.   Setting up account fields in the admin area To begin let's add new fields for...
Andrew Fletcher
I need to set the default php-version of a subscription to php7.3.  The...
Andrew Fletcher
Attempting to load changes in a staging site and the bountiful error page...
Andrew Fletcher
(104)Connection reset by peer: mod_fcgid: error reading data from FastCGI...
Andrew Fletcher
To add ejabberd and run MYSQL to the server I needed to update the server...
Andrew Fletcher
This page shows a growing list of common commands for viewing and managing your Centos server. ls syntax $ ls [options] [file|dir] ls command main options: ls -a list all files including hidden file starting with '.' ls --color colored list [=always/never/auto] ls -d list directories - with ' */' ls -F add one char of */=>@| to enteries ls -i list file's inode index number ls -l list with long format - show permissions ls -la list long format including hidden files ls...
Andrew Fletcher
Whilst updating nodejs and npm on a Centos 6 or 7 server running Apache, I...
Andrew Fletcher
The magically descriptive error 401 Forbidden "message": "Access...
Andrew Fletcher
If you are like me you probably have searched for clues to and found little......
Andrew Fletcher
Installing Laravel on an Apache server was going to be a no fuss process said no...