In my last blog post I have presented you a tool I use to get “The perfect SSL configuration for your server”. This week I want to talk about another tool I use quite frequently to get a good nginx … Read more →
It’s 2021 and we are all using SSL for all our website, right? Unfortunately there are still many sites out there not using SSL. But even those who fo use SSL often use insecure settings. Today, I want to give … Read more →
This week, one server had a LOAD of more than 2500% (around 150 with 6 CPUs), but the CPU load was only around 5%, so this was a sign, that the CPU load was not the cause of the high … Read more →
There are many options to make a WordPress website more secure. For some of those options you might use additional plugins. But there is an easy way to increase the security by setting only some server settings. But before I … Read more →
Working on a WordPress project I always develop locally. For many projects, there is also a staging server. So migrating WordPress installations is a very frequent task for me. Therefore a good process is key. Easy migrations without plugins When … Read more →
When you develop a website, that has already gone live, you usually have to get the latest version of the database to test things. You also need a WordPress system locally with all the plugins and themes that are used … Read more →
As I mentioned in several other articles this blog running is running on a server with Plesk. For my domain I can currently specify only one e-mail address for the domain at my hoster. But since I wanted to use … Read more →
From time to time, you have to edit a file through the console on the server. Most of the time you probably use the Vim Editor (“Vi IMproved”). I also use this editor on two servers and I am doing … Read more →
In the post Setting up the Plesk Backup Manager on a 1&1 Linux Root Server I explained how to set up the backup mechanism in Plesk. But using this setup I ran into really big trouble. As a backup of … Read more →
On a server I have to administrate, I had some problems to set up the Backup Manager through the Plesk Panel. So I decided to write a small tutorial on how to set up the Backup Manager on a 1&1 … Read more →