Larry Fransson
Educated as a rocket scientist, trained as a nuclear operator, work as a Learjet pilot, run a small side business writing for Mac OS, iOS and the web.
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- Sinatra
- Padrino
- Unix/Linux administration
- Unix/Linux Admin
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Host two websites on one droplet, on a domain and a subdomain
Serving multiple sites from a single server is a matter of configuration. Configure DNS to point your domain & subdomain to your s…Accepted Answer: Serving multiple sites from a single server is a matter of configuration. Configure DNS to point your domain & subdomain to your s… -
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Unable to find var/www/html
If /var/www/html doesn’t exist, then it is likely the case that your web server installation is not configured to use that director… -
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unable to ssh between droplets
When I have had that happen, the problem has usually been related to permissions on the key. -
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Help setting up RespondCMS
Have you looked at the database and confirmed that the table that it says is missing is actually missing? If it is missing, then s… -
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"Server Error 500" core php Site content not loading
It’s impossible to diagnose the exact problem simply on the basis of getting an internal server error. What is generally true of 5… -
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Why at least 1GB is recommended for droplets that use MySQL?
So if I would run 2 wordpress sites I would need about 2GB’s of RAM? No. 1 GB would be fine. Even with multiple database-b… -
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How can i fix this fastcgi errors?
This error is usually the result of an improperly written CGI script that, as the error suggests, is not sending the proper headers… -
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fail2ban brute force question
In an effort to decrease the likelihood of a successful brute force crack attempt, I have severely increased the ban times for repe… -
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DNS record for separated mail server
Add a MX record that points to your mail server. -
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not able to load example.pl from browser
The first thing to do when trying to resolve a problem like this is to check the error log, as recommended by the error message. I… -
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How to route the domain with www and without to one location?
It’s probably your server configuration. It sounds like you have a configuration for a server with the name mydomain.com and a ser… -
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How to use CDN to prevent visitors from reaching your server?
CloudFlare helps. I have used them myself. Have you considered something like Varnish cache? I am guessing at how to use a sep… -
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How to manage multiple email domains on a droplet
You can either learn the ins and outs of postfix, dovecot, etc., or set up something like iRedMail, ISPConfig 3, etc. that will ins… -
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How long does snapshot takes to create ?
It sounds like something is stuck. The control panel may be out of sync as well. If you have logged out of the control panel and … -
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Postfix: Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4)
The first problem sounds like you haven’t set up DNS MX records for the domain. For the second, I would wager that /var/mail/* o… -
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How To Permanetly Redirect To WWW On NGINX?
You don’t necessarily need to redirect. A rewrite will also work. Just add another server block to the config file for the domain… -
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is DO inappropriate for Running a Production Site?
I run two production sites on DO, plus another fairly critical application that I use personally. -
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My droplet don't sends data
Now that you have swap space, instead of processes being terminated, you are seeing everything slow down due to huge amounts of mem… -
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Can I run a webshop on digitalocean?
Yes, it is quite possible. If you want a Digital Ocean automatic backup, you will have to create a new droplet with backups enab… -
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Nginx rule doesn't work when listening to specific hostname
You need a server_name directive. You don’t have one. There are three things that can go in a listen directive - an IP address,…