Basic Setup To setup a CDN using Cloudfront you first need to create an S3 bucket and make it public. In this example we will use pslampdemo.s3.amazonaws.com Note that when setting up a cloudfront distribution you will need to assign…
Connect to S3 from your local file system
For Mac and Linux you can connect to s3 buckets from your local file navigator using s3fs https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/amazon-s3-as-a-file-system Here are the commands you need for Ubuntu: you can then navigate the s3 drive as a local drive
Protecting wp-admin from bots
The most common attack on a wordpress site it the login page. Weak or compromised passwords are used by automated bots that will hit thousands of sites a day trying multiple username/password combinations. In this article I will show you…
Delete Elastic Search Indexes with ElasticVu
Elasticvue Chrome Extension: https://elasticvue.com/usage Deleting Indexes with ElasticVue 1.) connect to the elastic instance and search for the item to delete using the item uuid. 2.) Copy the document index and click the REST tab 3.) use the delete method with …
Goaccess web server analytics
GoAccess is a terminal-based log analyzer. It provided web server statistics in real time. We use it to write to an html file twice daily on order to get a clear idea of what is REALLY going on with the…
Skip Password Prompts for Sudo commands
When administrating a development machine or server you may find yourself needlessly entering sudo password. On a production machine this is something you’d want but for a local or develpment machine not so much. Here’s how you can bypass the…
Fix Localhost Binding for Safari
Safari does not automatically bind *.localhost domains to 127.0.0.1. To use Safari for local development and especially when using docker with SSL you will need to add the entries to your /etc/hosts file. Here is an example:
API Test Kit
This project is intended to help a development team easily document and collaborate on experimental endpoints. It is entirely free, self hosted and can tie into a private authentication system that supports JWT. Cypress tests can be created directly from…
Git Tricks
Reset a branch to a previous commit Get rid of old branches The command git remote prune origin –dry-run lists branches that can be deleted/pruned on your local. An option –dry-run is needed. Fix slow and buggy repos git gc (man page) runs a number…
Create an SSH Key for Git
SSH keys are not just for Git but if you want to use SSH cloming for git, yeah you need em. To create a new SSH key pair do the following: 1.) Open a terminal on Linux or macOS, or…