How to change a Linux keyboard locale from GB to US using the command line
TL;DR sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration Reference: https://askubuntu.com/questions/434849/change-keyboard-layout-english-uk-on-command-line-to-english-us
Operating Systems
How to install ZSH on Ubuntu
This article explains how to install ZSH if you have an Ubuntu or Linux Mint system: sudo apt install zsh References: https://www.computersnyou.com/3145/setup-zsh-oh-zsh-linux-mint-quick-guide/ https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-setup-zsh-and-oh-my-zsh-on-linux/
How to password protect NGINX directories
TL;DR mc -e /etc/nginx/nginx.conf location / { auth_basic “Restricted”; auth_basic_user_file /home/domain//public_html/.htpasswd; } htpasswd -c /home/domain/public_html/.htpasswd username Now restart NGINX: # service nginx restart The /
Adding a new GIT remote when one already exists
In the following workflow: git remote add origin https://[email protected]/repo/app.git You might encounter this error: fatal: remote origin already exists. Do this: git remote set-url origin
How to deal with fuser: command not found on CentOS
To get the fuser command working on a minimal CentOS install, do the following: yum install psmisc Reference: https://www.itechlounge.net/2016/11/linux-fuser-command-not-found-on-centos-rhel-7/
How to find specific words in all php.ini files in all subdirectories
Use the following command the find all occurrences of a specified word in a text file: home# grep -r –include=”php.ini” -e “memory_limit” . Please note
Failed to load nf_conntrack module when starting FirewallD
Problem Description Upon starting FirewallD you might encounter the error listed hereunder. This particular behavior was observed on a new installation of Virtualmin/Webmin. Sep 19
How to enable SSH for GCE
If you’re hosting a Linux box with Google Cloud Engine, SSH will be disabled by default. There are pretty good reasons for this, especially brute
Access to font at xxx from origin yyy has been blocked by CORS policy: No ‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ header is present on the requested resource
About CORS Cross-origin resource sharing is a way to share libraries and fonts across multiple servers. However, in order to avoid security issues, many servers
Unable to load dynamic library ‘gd’ on Virtualmin server even though php-gd is installed
You might get the following error after having done `yum install php72-php-gd` on a Virtualmin server because of a missing library: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: