LetsEncrypt On Amazon Linux2 + Apache
Get your Letsencrypt SSL certificate working on your AWS EC2 Amazon Linux2 Apache instance in just a few minutes with this detailed step-by-step how-to guide.
January 2020
December 2019
Comprehensive Django Setup Guide: Part I
Learn how to create a production-ready Django web platform using cookiecutter-django, deployed to AWS Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx, Gunicorn, Redis and MySQL. I’ve refined the following “best practice” comprehensive setup procedure to ensure that I get each project setup consistently, the right way, the first time.
April 2019
Deploy From a Private Github Repo
How do you automatically deploy from Github if your repo is private? The first time I had to this it was a nightmare, simply because the Github documentation assumes that all of its users possess a knowledge base bordering on the absurd. The reality is that setting this up is
March 2019
Tutor Open edX 1-Click Installation Guide
Tutor for Docker simplifies the process of getting an Open edX installation up and running. If you are installing Open edX for evaluation purposes, or if your installation will support less than say, 1,000 learners, then you should seriously consider using Tutor to install the platform rather than using the
February 2019
How To Migrate A WordPress Site
Whether you’re changing hosting providers or trying to clone a WordPress site to jumpstart a new project, rest assured that you can copy, migrate or rename your site in a matter of minutes. But there are a couple of details with the inner workings of WordPress that can cause problems.
December 2018
Serve a Django App from an AWS Lambda Function
Lets take a closer look at using Zappa in a real-world development environment for a full-featured Django app deployed to an AWS Lambda function, with static assets loaded to S3 and served by Cloudfront.
October 2018
Styling Open EdX Tips and Tricks
In this tutorial we take a look at the Open edX UI architecture and some of its foundational technologies. Key styling principals are illustrated with a detailed set of practical examples that you can put to work in your own comprehensive theme.
How To Change the Open edX Logo
Maybe you’re like me. On my first Open edX platform I thought, “how difficult could it be?”. Well, pretty difficult. the Open edX UI is complicated for several reasons, and until you understand a few basic principals any modification, no matter how minor, will be a challenge. But with this
Open edX Sandbox to Production In 10 Steps
The official Native Open edX Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit Installation guide frankly states that “Setting up production configurations is beyond the scope of this wiki page.” So what exactly is the difference between the sandbox installation described in the official documentation, versus a true production installation? Let’s find out.
September 2018
Best WordPress Caching Plugin 2018
WP Rocket is a $39-dollar caching and performance optimization plugin built by WP-Media to improve the loading speed of WordPress websites. I use it on this blog. Lets take a closer look at what it does and whether you should consider using it.