This is a super quick guide to add certificate files to a Pound proxy, very useful when using it in environments with Varnish servers. This configuration was tested on Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04
Follow the next steps that I took as sample from this site to configure Pound with a self-signed certificate, make sure to run all commands as root:
$ sudo su
Pound HTTPS Configuration
The following steps will guide you through the generation of a self-signed certificate for your test project server.
During the process you will create:
- server.key: This is a 1024 bit… Read more
Follow the next steps that I took as sample from this site to configure Pound with a self-signed certificate, make sure to run all commands as root:
$ sudo su
Pound HTTPS Configuration
The following steps will guide you through the generation of a self-signed certificate for your test project server.
During the process you will create:
- server.key: This is a 1024 bit… Read more
Run a script when the system starts up or reboots on Ubuntu.
1) Create script, on this example I'm starting the gluu-server service as the root user
$sudo nano /etc/init.d/MyScriptName
Copy/paste the following script, update accordingly:
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/MyScriptName
#
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Attempting to Start Gluu Server..."
sudo -H -b service gluu-server start
;;
stop)
echo "Attempting to Stop Gluu Server..."
sudo -H service gluu-server stop
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/MyScriptName {start|stop}"
exit 1… Read more
1) Create script, on this example I'm starting the gluu-server service as the root user
$sudo nano /etc/init.d/MyScriptName
Copy/paste the following script, update accordingly:
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/MyScriptName
#
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Attempting to Start Gluu Server..."
sudo -H -b service gluu-server start
;;
stop)
echo "Attempting to Stop Gluu Server..."
sudo -H service gluu-server stop
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/MyScriptName {start|stop}"
exit 1… Read more
Update: I have updated this tutorial to a latest release of Varnish, read here.
By default, Varnish does not work and it will never work with HTTPS requests it only understands plain HTTP. This means, that on mixed content websites, sites serving HTTPS and HTTP pages, the secure pages won't be or cannot be cached on Varnish reducing the load time compared to the non-secure version of the page for example.
There are many sites that offer lots of static content through HTTPS that can definitely be cached using Varnish and in order to do so we need to implement an extra layer before any… Read more
By default, Varnish does not work and it will never work with HTTPS requests it only understands plain HTTP. This means, that on mixed content websites, sites serving HTTPS and HTTP pages, the secure pages won't be or cannot be cached on Varnish reducing the load time compared to the non-secure version of the page for example.
There are many sites that offer lots of static content through HTTPS that can definitely be cached using Varnish and in order to do so we need to implement an extra layer before any… Read more
Another good option to run Drupal sites nowadays is Nginx. Nginx is a Proxy/Web Server not as complex as Apache and is well known for is security, responsiveness and speed when handling PHP apps together with PHP-FMP. On this this post I will introduce you on how to manually install and run Nginx and PHP-FPM so you can host any Drupal site with SSL support.
Recommended posts:
The suggested installation instructions by drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/node/2310819
Perusio Nginx suggested Drupal Configuration https://github.com/perusio/drupal-with-nginx/tree/D7#installation
… Read more
Recommended posts:
The suggested installation instructions by drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/node/2310819
Perusio Nginx suggested Drupal Configuration https://github.com/perusio/drupal-with-nginx/tree/D7#installation
… Read more
Angular JS is one of the most popular and robust Frameworks available today to build SPA, Single Page Apps.
Here's a quick tutorial on how to quick install it on Ubuntu 14.04.
Get the latest nodejs and npm packages:
$sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
$sudo apt-get update
Install node.js and its package manager npm:
$sudo apt-get install nodejs
Now, let's install Yeoman angular generator, which is a nice angular project generator, it will handle you project packages, as well as create the initial project structure, folders etc.
Visit the project page for… Read more
Here's a quick tutorial on how to quick install it on Ubuntu 14.04.
Get the latest nodejs and npm packages:
$sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
$sudo apt-get update
Install node.js and its package manager npm:
$sudo apt-get install nodejs
Now, let's install Yeoman angular generator, which is a nice angular project generator, it will handle you project packages, as well as create the initial project structure, folders etc.
Visit the project page for… Read more
