Terminal

This short guide explains to you how to extract/unzip .zip archive files to a specific or different directory in Linux.

Install zip

sudo apt-get install zip

Zip a directory

Zip your folder:

zip -r {filename.zip} {directory}

Unzip 

unzip {filename.zip}

I prefer htop over top on my Linux server.  Running a Solr index got me thinking how can I install htop on macOS Big Sur 11.4 based MacBook pro?

The generally accepted answer to a mysqldump is:

mysqldump -h [host] -u [user] -p [database_name] [table_name] > [file].sql

Or a variant there of...  Of course if you are logged in to the server and working from it you don't need to express the -h [host]

mysqldump -u [user] -p [database_name] [table_name] > [file].sql

On a git pull from remote dev environment to a staging environment running off AWS server... I was greeted with the white screen of death.  While it took me a while to resolve the actual issue, my action plan was as follows:

How to resolve:

1. Look in your log files;
2. Add a few lines to your index.php file

I needed the check if a file existed in a directory as the migrate script wasn't recognising the file.  To check if a file exists:

FILE={your-directory-path}
if test -f "$FILE"; then
    echo "$FILE exists."
fi

If your directory path is /Users/{your name}/Sites/migrate/local_dest_dir/fish/../media/apple-store.png

Joining a new company / team there is always a lot of new items to do, install and familiarise yourself.  Below is a working list:

Don't worry this is an issue that many Drupal developers have come across. In particular it raises its head when you add a subdomain.  Your Drupal website is only showing a plain white screen with “The provided host name is not valid for this server" on it. What does it mean and how to fix it.

Working on a new CentOS 7 server, Node wasn't installed.  You can quickly this through using the prompt node -v

node not found

In Plesk, the extension had been installed, however this doesn't mean correctly.  So I needed to install Node and npm on the CentOS 7 server.

I had been running a few Centos 6 servers just past their EOL (30th November 2020) and it was time to kick in to action a plan I had been working on when I realised EOL was on my doorstep.

Attempting to load changes in a staging site and the bountiful error page of