03Sep/21

Debian/Ubuntu – unsupported dictionary type: pcre or mysql with Postfix

September 3, 2021Linux services, Mail and anstispamdictionary, mysql, pcre, postfix, unsupportedpityu

First, if you get this, make sure that you actually have installed the required components (whichever you are missing): …but my real point here, is that it seems that some (at leastRead More…

15Jul/21

Debian 10.x Buster – how to install an Epson C1700 printer

July 15, 2021Linux servicesC1700, Epson, linuxpityu

The Epson C1700 is such a nice home color AcuLaser printer, and Epson has 0 support for Linux. I’ve managed to autodetect it, it will install some apparent Epson driver for it,Read More…

27Nov/20

Pagespeed – Fetch timed out … waiting for 50ms

November 27, 2020Linux services, Workaround50ms, always, pagspeedpityu

Pagespeed seems to be ignoring your config instructions and always loging Fetch timeout waiting for 50ms?

12Oct/20

Apache analytics from the command line

October 12, 2020Linux servicesanalytics, apache, awk, linux, nginx, per hourpityu

I often have a need to get some anayltics out of the apache or nginx logs, like where the most 403’s whateveer other access code came from, to which IPs, which userRead More…

03Oct/20

Apache/Nginx access log IP address / visitor top list

October 3, 2020Linux servicesapache, ip, nginx, top list, visitorpityu

It’s a common need, when checking yout Apache or Nginx log to see how many times did one IP visit your website in that day (in that log file), to determine ifRead More…

24Aug/20

Apache – password protect a website but allow access from certain IPs wihout authentication

August 24, 2020Linux servicesapache, ip, passwordpityu

It is a common question I get from other developers or admins, they try to protect their website with a passwrod, but whitelist (allow passwordless acces) from certain IPs, to avoid theRead More…

06Jun/18

How to delist (remove) your server’s IP from Microsoft’s blacklist

June 6, 2018Workarounddelist, live, microsoft, msn, remove ippityu

Ever since I keep my personal mail server at a certain DC, it here and there gets listed with Microsoft with a message “Blocked due to user complaints or other evidence ofRead More…

31Jul/17

Memcached with php7

July 31, 2017Linux services, Workaroundpityu

Unfortunatelly, the old memcached module with php7 is officially no longer supported in favour of redis or some other cache, so one of the thing you can do about it if stillRead More…

05Jun/17

Php 5.3 on CentOS 7 and on

June 5, 2017Workaroundcentos 7, php 5.3pityu

Running Php 5.3 on CentOS 7 is still a popular subject that I didn’t manage to find many solutions for on the Internet. So, CentOS 6 runs php 5.3 natively, isn’t it?Read More…

31Oct/16

Compile PHP7 on CentOS

October 31, 2016Linux servicesapache, php, php7pityu

This is a short tutorial on how to compile PHP7 from source on Centos 7. First, why not just install from some binary, like Remi? Simply, because some of the features areRead More…