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.
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.
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
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.
Trouble-Shooting Celery & RabbitMQ For Open edX
Problems with Celery? Learn how to diagnose and correct configuration errors with Celery and RabbitMQ in your Open edX instance. You’ll get your Open edX instance back online in around 30 minutes or less with this how-to guide.
Restore Open edX From a Backup
The good news is that the user data is stored in MySQL, a well-known database management system. The bad news is that there’s more to restoring your Open edX platform than simply restoring the databases. Get your Open edX instance back online in less than an hour with this how-to
Why Can’t You Run WordPress on AWS’ S3 Static Hosting?
AWS provides free static web site hosting via its flagship S3 and CloudFront services. Free, serverless hosting? Sounds great! So why can’t you run WordPress with this? Lets take a closer look.
Enemy At The Gates
In a matter of seconds blockchain hackers had launched more than three hundred EC2 instances in my AWS account; a breach that endured less than five minutes in aggregate but enabled them to steal more than three thousand dollars in computing resources at my expense.
Open edX Ecommerce
Get Ecommerce working on your Open edX native build. This post is a supplement to the official documentation, “How to Install and Start the E-Commerce Service in Native Installations”, covering installation and configuration, Django configuration, Nginx considerations, and PayPal integration.
Performance Tuning AWS EFS For WordPress
Get AWS EFS working with WordPress. This article covers must-know tips on configuring NFS file caching, getting Php to work properly with a NFS volume, actively managing AWS Burst Credits, site management considerations, and performance monitoring.