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HTTPS for a container: a certificate and a domain

For an application running in a container to show the padlock, you need a domain pointing at the VPS and a certificate. The most common route is nginx in front…

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Automatic daily backup or your own copy: which one saves you, and when

Short answer: they are not alternatives, they cover different problems. The automatic daily backup handles most everyday disasters (a deleted file, a plugin that broke the site). Your own copy,…

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What to back up before you update WordPress, plugins or PHP

Before an update, save three things: the database, the wp-content folder (plus wp-config.php and .htaccess) and a note of the versions you have now. It takes five minutes and is…

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Database indexes in phpMyAdmin: the types, the column order, and how to add one

An index is a sorted list of one column (or several) that the database consults instead of reading the whole table. To find a customer by e-mail, with no index…

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Someone is sending e-mail in the name of your domain: what SPF, DKIM and DMARC do about it

The short answer: sending an e-mail that looks as if it comes from [email protected] is trivial: the sender address is written freely, like the return address on a letter. To…

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Looking inside an old backup without restoring over the live site

To look at an old copy without touching the live site, use JetBackup’s Download instead of Restore: the copy is prepared for you to download, you open it on your…

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WordPress stuck in maintenance mode

The site shows one dry sentence saying it is “briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance”, and it will not go away. This happens when an update is interrupted halfway: WordPress put…

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SQLite or MySQL: which one fits a small project

The short answer: SQLite fits a small application with few users writing at the same time and nobody from outside needing the database. MySQL (here, MariaDB) fits anything that is…

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File Manager, FTP, SFTP or Git: which way to upload your site

For a small change, use the cPanel File Manager. To upload a whole site or many files, use SFTP (or FTP over TLS) with a program such as FileZilla. For…

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Where console.log and print output goes, and how to read your app logs

On your computer, console.log (Node.js) and print (Python) show up on screen. A server has no screen, and the question is where they went. The short answer: on shared hosting,…