This is needed when you need GIT and the server you are using is a shared host that does not already have GIT installed globally (eg. in /etc/bin or /usr/local/bin) Step-by-step guide First run gcc –version to make sure the compiler is installed and supports the installation. Edit the .bashrc . . . Read more
Rsync is an amazing tool for direct server-to-server data transfers. Very speedy, and very smart! You can use rsync to do synchronizations between source and destination, comparing them, and copying only what’s changed. What’s especially amazing is that rsync only transfers the “parts” of files that are different. This works . . . Read more
We sure would love it if git were installed on our server. So let’s do that! [root@sunshine /var/cpanel/easy/apache/profile]# yum install git Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile stable-arch | 951 B 00:00 stable-generic | 951 B 00:00 stable-noarch | 951 B 00:00 system-base | . . . Read more
The purposes of this how-to is to give detailed instruction on how to setup a client code project so that it can be used with source control via BitBucket. The same procedure can be used whether the codebase already exists or not. By the end of this how-to you will have . . . Read more
The first tool to reach for when analyzing and/or diagnosing a server is likely: top Top will give you a real-time, interactive view of the top processes consuming memory, cpu, etc… Which is probably why it’s called “top”. There’s a lot of rather cryptic keystrokes that you can use while . . . Read more
This is meant to be a high level walk through for setting up a local development environment for WordPress. Steps Install Git Install Virtual Machine Software (Virtualbox 4.3.x) Install Vagrant Install Vagrant Core 1.6.3 Install Vagrant Plugins Hosts Updater Plugin : https://github.com/cogitatio/vagrant-hostsupdater Triggers : https://github.com/emyl/vagrant-triggers Note: While the above plugins are technically not . . . Read more