Blog Archive: May 2020
How To Swap / Transfer IP address with Linode VPS
| 27 viewsRecently I was rebuilding a compromised VPS on the Linode - this was a small web server serving some 3 established websites. It took me a few hours from A-Z - launch a new Linode, install a new webserver on it, then transfer data from one…
How To Block IP Address in Drupal 8
| 70 viewsUnlike in Drupal 7 version where IP banning is enabled by default, with Drupal 8 version, there is one more step added - IP banning must be enabled from the extend section. Here is how. (source) Log into your Drupal 8 admin interface.…
Under The Georgian Sun / King Davids Tower (s)
| 2 viewsIt was on the evening of April 27, 2020, I decided to switch glass (from the kit lens to telephoto) and make some photo for the month of April to put in the description in the monthly dividend income report. The photo of the month turned…
How To HTTPS Secure Drupal 8 Running Nginx with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
| 17 viewsLet's Encrypt have done some very good job, providing SSL certificates that everyone can use absolutely for free. Encrypted HTTPS websites should be default in 2020. I have been implementing HTTPS secure websites for years. Until now I…
How to Install Drupal 8 with Nginx, PHP-FPM 7.2, MySQL, phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 18.04 - Linode Guide
| 38 viewsIn this article, you will learn how to setup Drupal 8 with Nginx, PHP-FPM 7.2, MySQL and phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 18.04 For the following tutorial, I used very much the information from my previous guide with Ubuntu 16.04, but decided to…
April 2020 Dividend Income Report - $78.40
| 9 viewsWelcome to the thirty-sixth (#36) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in April 2020.Last April we spent in a self-isolation (because of Covid-19) here in Georgia. Baby…