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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
The cache system in Drupal 9 delivers the API with the elements required for...
Andrew Fletcher
Installing Varnish to increase the speed of the page load. Install varnish using...
Andrew Fletcher
Clear DNS Cache The DNS (Domain Name Service) cache on your Mac helps browsers...
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 someone else finds them useful to great. Adding XMPP framework to your server.  Initially I was going to add Prosody, however as I'm working off an Apache server with Centos 6.10 this quickly proved to a goal that was out of reach.  Instead, I pivoted and redirected to Erlang.   Is your server hardware running Linux, BSD, OS X, or Windows? Can you use Java or Python or another language if the server...
Andrew Fletcher
I had been running a few Centos 6 servers just past their EOL (30th November...
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 version of mysql from 5.5 to 5.7.  Fortunately, there are great instructions on the Plesk support page regarding how to achieve this outcome. https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213403429-How-to-upgrade-MySQL-5-5-to-5-6-5-7-or-MariaDB-5-5-to-10-0-10-1-10-2-on-Linux As a point of reference, as I worked through the steps... step 10 you need to restart the MYSQL server.  This is a quick progress by...
Andrew Fletcher
This page shows a growing list of common commands for viewing and managing your...
Andrew Fletcher
Whilst updating nodejs and npm on a Centos 6 or 7 server running Apache, I...
Andrew Fletcher
Installing Laravel on an Apache server was going to be a no fuss process said no...
Andrew Fletcher
We had an issue recently where saving a page in the admin area produced one of...