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Free Lifetime SSL for NGINX using LetsEncrypt, without downtime


by Emily Serverwise, January 19, 2023

How to obtain a free SSL certificate from LetsEncrypt without any downtime and set it up in NGINX web server configuration.

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Disgusting DirectAdmin


by Danila Vershinin, September 13, 2020

Why DirectAdmin is the wost

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How to run CentOS 8 on Acer Aspire 6920G


by Danila Vershinin, December 2, 2019

Acer Aspire 6920G is now an ancient laptop, but I still own one so this article is quite personal πŸ™‚ I had no use for it, so decided to give it a spin for a fresh install of CentOS 8 while my Macbook Air is undergoing repair. Let’s see what happened and how I got […]

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Install untrunc in CentOS 7


by Danila Vershinin, October 13, 2018

Fix your broken video files using untrunc, now easily available in CentOS 7

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Troubleshoot memory issues on CentOS 7 web server


by Danila Vershinin, September 29, 2017

Current status of this article is open draft of sorts πŸ™‚ Who knows will understand :p Sometimes I have to deal with alien servers. Those are servers which were initially setup not by me. Of course, I can install things properly and they couldn’t :). So I have to fix and fix whatever they have […]

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Magento 2 and Varnish. Multiple installs on single server


by Danila Vershinin, February 13, 2017

Hosting multiple Magento 2 installations or multi store is easy with this Varnish VCL configuration.

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VCL coding style


by Danila Vershinin, October 14, 2016

Indentation: 4 spaces. Function opening bracket on the same line with definition: sub vcl_miss { return (fetch); } Single lines of VCL can be commented out using // or #. Multi-line blocks can be commented out with /* block /*.

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Magento Chmod – Secure Permissions for Magento 1.x


by Danila Vershinin, August 2, 2016

Secure Magento 1.x store with proper Magento chmod and chown settings to your files and directories.

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Setting SSH locale properly in OS X


by Danila Vershinin, July 24, 2016

Ever seen a message in your iTerm or Terminal apps telling you there’s a problem setting locale? It may be when you run a Perl app: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_CTYPE = β€œUTF-8”, LANG = β€œen_US.UTF-8” are supported and installed […]

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