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Configuring RetroArch for Synology NAS (DS416j)

GeneralBy jpSimkinsMay 22, 2021Leave a comment

This process will allow you to sync files between multiple Shields running RetroArch using a Synology NAS (DS416j). This is my current setup that I have been running for 6 months now and I have no issues with starting in one room and finishing a game in another. There are some caveats Concept The NAS…

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How to host a SPA on AWS with S3 and CloudFront

AWSBy jpSimkinsDecember 12, 2018Leave a comment

There are many guides online for how to host a single-page application (SPA) on AWS with S3 and CloudFront but none (that I found) covered this in a proper way. Many are out-dated, they left the S3 bucket as public, or didn’t identify how to properly handle errors when you get a 404 or if the…

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WordPress and the elusive ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

WordPressBy jpSimkinsSeptember 12, 2018Leave a comment

One issue I see a lot when working on client systems is the: ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE error in the browser. Searching Google, you can see this is a very common issue but very rarely is there a common way to resolve this issue. This is my solution to fix the ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE error for WordPress. This solution has worked for over…

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AWS CLI – How to fix: Errno 2 No such file or directory

AWS, LinuxBy jpSimkinsSeptember 8, 2018Leave a comment

Recently, there have been a lot of issues with getting AWS CLI to work properly with S3. The common response given was Errno 2 No such file or directory For sanity sake, the version is: CLI version: aws-cli/1.15.83 Python/2.7.14 Linux/4.14.67-66.56.amzn1.x86_64 botocore/1.10.82 Running debug: aws s3 ls –debug we are able to identify the culprit: SSLError: [Errno 2] No…

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WordPress Origin Push to S3 and CloudFront for CDN

AWS, WordPressBy jpSimkinsAugust 20, 2018Leave a comment

This guide will show you how to configure WordPress to origin push uploads directly to S3 and using CloudFront to serve the assets. This setup is ideal if you plan to have a scale-out autoscaling solution. The Problem I have seen many guides online on how to setup WordPress for autoscaling but none seem to…

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Fix login issue for HyperDB

WordPressBy jpSimkinsAugust 15, 2018Leave a comment

If using HyperDB, or any advanced database plugin that allows for Writer/Reader configurations, for your WordPress setup, you may notice a common issue with logins not working properly. The issue here is the latency from the Writer DB and the Read Replicas. To resolve this issue, just add a sleep for 1 second. I have…

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Install LetsEncrypt on Amazon AMI or CentOS

LinuxBy jpSimkinsAugust 1, 2018Leave a comment

Adding a GitHubGist I posted today. This can be used to setup Let’s Encrypt on an Amazon AMI or a CentOS/RedHat environment.   Below is install script, Apache config settings, and the crontab to autoupdate and renew. View the code on Gist.

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Multiple WordPress sites off a single installation

WordPressBy jpSimkinsApril 28, 2018Leave a comment

This will show you how to use a single installation of WordPress for multiple sites. This is not to be confused with WordPress’s multisite and is an excellent way to handle a single WordPress location to run multiple domains off of. I have been using this for local development for over 7 years and I have…

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ACL for Permissions (Bitnami [Lightsail] / WordPress)

AWSBy jpSimkinsNovember 10, 2017Leave a comment

I am a fan of AWS Ligthsail but there are some things that I found problematic with the Bitnami setup. I was having some minor issues with permissions and I wanted to see if this was a common issue.  This topic that made me wonder why they didn’t use ACL (Access Control Lists) by default. I…

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Setting up MAMP Pro with Zend Debugger, Optimizer and Extension Manager

Mamp, ZendBy jpSimkinsSeptember 29, 2009Leave a comment

It seems some are having trouble setting up the Zend Debugger so i wrote this after doing some testing to see why people are having this problem. I provide below how to do this in MAMP Pro. This will also get rid of the :8888 at the end of the url as well. Download an…

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