Configure php5-mcrypt with php5-fpm (Ubuntu 14.04)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by David Kryzaniak

I’m going to assume you already have nginx and php-fpm installed and running. php5-mcrypt should be installed already (it comes bundled with php5-fpm). Just for safety, apt-get install php5-mcrypt Create symlink to mods-avaliable, ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini Enable it. php5enmod

Rocket Powered WordPress

Posted on April 15, 2013 by David Kryzaniak

One of the downfalls of WordPress, and just about every other CMS on the planet, is that they are slow and processor/memory hungry. There’s a tremendous amount of overhead due to legacy functions, ability to extend (plugins and themes), and

Failover DNS and Route 53 = Zero Downtime

Posted on March 4, 2013 by David Kryzaniak

Just a few weeks ago, Amazon Web Services announced Failover DNS records in Route 53. I’ve played with them a little bit, and so far they’re amazing! This is useful because you shouldn’t need to worry about outages anymore. If

Installing NGINX on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 27, 2012 by David Kryzaniak

I’m going to assume you already have Debian Squeeze installed and running on your Pi. Open the console (LXTerminal); Type sudo apt-get update Let it crunch away… Type sudo apt-get install nginx Let it crunch away… Type sudo service nginx