For the past few months, my WordPress server, on an unmanaged virtual private server (VPS), has been freezing once or twice a month. I had to power cycle it to get it up and running again. I found out that the server’s Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) operating system was…
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Update: I’ve provided updated instructions using the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS at Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and WordPress From Scratch. My website has been running on an unmanaged virtual private server (VPS), using Ubuntu 14.04, from DigitalOcean since 6 years ago. Unfortunately, the latest WordPress (as of version 5.2) requires at…
Leave a CommentI needed Subversion client access on a fresh Windows 10 installation. Rather than installing one of the Subversion clients for Windows (for example, CollabNet Subversion or SlikSVN), I decided to take advantage of the new WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). The best part of macOS is the Linux system which…
Leave a CommentRecently I got an email from DigitalOcean to update my server’s kernel to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre exploits. The instructions are the normal update commands that I usually run, “apt-get update” and “apt-get dist-upgrade”. After doing the update, I thought that I would double-check the kernel version. The…
Leave a CommentRecently, I received a couple of “Password Reset” request emails from my blog. I surmised that someone had tried to log into my WordPress administrative account, was unsuccessfully, and had resorted to using the “Lost your password?” link on the login page. Disconcertingly, the email indicated that my admin username…
Leave a CommentUpdate: I’ve provided updated instructions using the latest Let’s Encrypt Certbot app at Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and WordPress From Scratch under section “Configure Secure HTTPS Access”. The latest Certbot will automatically modify the Nginx server block file and schedule the renewal task. See my previous post in the unmanaged VPS…
Leave a CommentSee my previous post, Subversion Over SSH on an Unmanaged VPS, to learn how to set up Subversion on Ubuntu (running on a DigitalOcean VPS). In this post, we will learn how to create a script to backup the WordPress database and copy it from the server to our local…
Leave a CommentTwo weekends ago, on a Friday, my droplet was automatically upgraded to DigitalOcean‘s new cloud. I had received an email about the upgrade but had ignored it, believing that the upgrade would go smoothly. I was on a trip that Friday and the weekend, so did not check my website…
Leave a CommentSee my previous post, Upgrade Ubuntu and LEMP on an Unmanaged VPS, to learn how to upgrade LEMP and Ubuntu to the latest versions. In this post, we will install Subversion on the server and learn how to access it using Subversion over SSH (svn+ssh). Note: Though I’m doing the…
Leave a CommentSee my previous post in my unmanaged VPS (virtual private server) series, Nginx HTTPS SSL and Password-Protecting Directory, to learn how to configure Nginx to enable HTTPS SSL access and password-protect a directory. In this post, I will explore how to upgrade LEMP and Ubuntu. Upgrade LEMP While one can…
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