Servers
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Deploying PHP applications with RunCloud on UpCloud
My first post of 2019 is a tutorial that’s all about the cloud.
I’m going to show you how to use the RunCloud control panel to deploy a PHP application with a MySQL database on a cloud server from UpCloud.
My friends at UpCloud have also provided a promo-code to get ample free credit to try out their service. Check out the tutorial for the details.
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Website maintenance: 16/17th October
My new hosting provider has notified me of 2 maintenance windows next week, 16th and 17th October.
Upgrade Ubuntu Server 16.04 to 18.04
The Ubuntu team will this week release Ubuntu Server 18.04.1, the first minor revision to 18.04 since its release on April 26th.
In this article, I’ll show you how to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 using the command-line. This can be used on all Ubuntu derivatives, but is mostly aimed at Server installs that do not have a graphical interface.
Install a LAMP stack (Apache, MariaDB, PHP) on Ubuntu Server
Ubuntu Server is a Linux distribution that is ideally suited to server workloads. For example: hosting websites and web applications.
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to install a LAMP stack – that’s Apache, MariaDB (in place of MySQL) and PHP – on Ubuntu Server using the latest available releases, and how to keep it up-to-date.
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Server maintenance – 1st/2nd November
My hosting company, Memset Ltd., have advised me they will be performing important maintenance work on their Miniserver platform.
This maintenance is to apply critical security patches to the Linux kernel of the physical servers that host the virtual servers like mine – that power this website.
Linode: Why I chose them to host my website and applications
Software developers sometimes have to get involved in choosing an infrastructure partner or web hosting provider, especially if that developer runs their own application or websites, or they work in a small company that can’t afford (or don’t want) to employ separate infrastructure engineers.
In my current role as a technical consultant, I can be called upon by a client to recommend a hosting environment, so it’s important I know what’s available on the market, and who to trust.
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