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Configure PHP and Apache on DigitalOcean with Ansible

Configure PHP and Apache on DigitalOcean with Ansible

Setting up a webserver for a PHP site is relatively straightforward for a basic configuration. Install and configure Apache (or nginx), install the relevant PHP modules, add the code and off you go. There's loads of tutorials out there for that. But what happens when you have a

Why I use Ubuntu

Why I use Ubuntu

I use Ubuntu Linux. That much is clear from the title. It confuses some people as to why I would; and others have no idea what I am on about when I say I don't use Windows or a Mac - but those are non-technical people. But of

How to configure your CI pipeline environments

How to configure your CI pipeline environments

This seems like a very simple and trivial thing, but it's something which gets easily overlooked. Setting up a CI pipeline environment is fairly trivial (unless you are using a custom docker image - but that's for another time); just tell the script to use a

Home file server - part 2

After posting my intention of building a home file server [https://www.garybell.co.uk/home-file-server-the-hardware] for storing my movies, pictures, music and probably other files, I had to order some new hard drives to give me the space I think I will need. They have now arrived so I

Setting up your web server

I spend quite a lot of time on StackOverflow [http://stackoverflow.com/], both in terms of finding answers for something I need, and also for helping people out with their issues. One question I see quite a lot is around security permissions for creating files on the server. Usually these