Server Admin6 posts

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Vagrant24 April, 2015

Updated - Vagrant on Windows path limit fix

Improved Vagrant and Puppet scripts for hosting Linux VMs on Windows.

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Vagrant14 October, 2014

Using the MEAN stack on Windows with PuPHPet

Lately I've been playing with Vagrant and Puppet to create virtual machines for local MEAN stack development.

PHP11 April, 2013

Relative paths in PHP INI

Improve the portability of your code from server-to-server with environment variables in your PHP INI.

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Single Sign-On31 March, 2013

Microsoft Office Link Pre-fetching and Single Sign-On

I updated a site to use Single Sign-On (SSO) capability, specifically with Shibboleth, and was shocked to discover that links to the site in Microsoft Office files stopped working. After thorough troubleshooting I found a workaround.

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Networking06 January, 2013

Don't host on a .255 IP address

Not all IP addresses are created equal.

PHP20 November, 2012

Hosting PHP on IIS7

Running PHP sites on Internet Information Services (IIS) is easy! And with a few extra steps, you can achieve a versatile and extensible setup to avoid management headaches down the line. Follow this guide to add PHP functionality to your IIS server and avoid common mistakes.