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Planning to use AWS? I beg to reconsider!


by Danila Vershinin, August 19, 2022

If you’re running a Magento or WordPress website, please don’t use AWS, and please don’t work with people who suggest to use it.

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Magmi for Magento 2. Installation and NGINX configuration


by Danila Vershinin, December 31, 2018

Just a quick nginx configuration for Magmi, the Magento 2 Mass Importer

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Proper Magento Fail2ban Configuration


by Danila Vershinin, September 4, 2018

Protect your Magento like a real PRO using adapting banning powered by Fail2ban

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Magento 2 Security Checklist


by Danila Vershinin, June 24, 2018

When you prepare to launch your Magento 2 website, security is one of the primary areas of concern. Whether you plan to accept credit card data directly on your website, or on a payment provider’s pages – you are required to achieve PCI compliance. Otherwise, you’ll find your business at risk of being banned from […]

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Fix Magento 1.9.x timezone after migration


by Danila Vershinin, March 6, 2018

Here’s how to fix that wrong time in Magento 1.x post migration to another server.

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The evil increment_id? Or why MySQL is not using an index


by Danila Vershinin, February 17, 2018

Debugging guide to help you with your MySQL index optimization in Magento 1.x

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Nginx: Disable logging of Magento security probes


by Danila Vershinin, August 8, 2017

Disable logging of Magento 1.x security probes in Nginx configuration. Uses map Nginx feature to conditionally log requests to Magento.

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Huge Magento database and cleaning it


by Danila Vershinin, June 22, 2017

Cleanup huge Magento database with one quick SQL query or do it regularly via cron.

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Ultimate Magento 1.x Security Checklist


by Danila Vershinin, May 9, 2017

Secure your Magento using this easy checklist with links for in-depth tutorials on making your store safe from hacks

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Turpentine is not a Full Page Cache


by Danila Vershinin, April 8, 2017

Magento 1.9.x and Varnish are just not compatible. Here is what I have to say about the only plugin out there for implementing Varnish support – Turpentine.

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