I still remember the first time a client asked, “Why is my site saying Not Secure?” I thought, “Easy, just install SSL.” Two hours, three coffee refills, and one angry kid asking why the internet was broken later… I finally had Apache talking HTTPS properly. If you’re on Debian 11 and just want a clear way to secure Apache with…
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If you’ve ever tried to host a PHP site or app and stared at a blank server thinking, “Okay… now what?”, you’re not alone. Before: you’ve got a fresh Debian 11 box and some PHP code (maybe WordPress, maybe a custom app), but nothing is running. After: you’ll have a working LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) on Debian 11,…
Read More »If you’re running a Debian 10 server with Apache and still serving your site over plain HTTP, you’re basically shouting your traffic across the internet. That’s bad news for logins, contact forms, and anything even slightly private. This hits small business sites, WordPress installs, and any DIY server where HTTPS was put off as “later”. The good news: with Let’s…
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If you’re staring at a fresh Debian 10 server and wondering why your PHP site just shows a download dialog or a blank page, you’re in the right place. Before: you have a clean server that can maybe ping Google, but it can’t serve a single dynamic page. After: you’ll have a working LAMP stack — Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP…
Read More »mod_geoip2 is an Apache 2.x module for finding the country and city that a web request originated from. It uses the GeoIP library and database to perform the lookup. Steps: [*] Login via SSH as root to your server [*] Get the GeoIP C Library from MaxMind wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/GeoIP.tar.gz Wait until finished –09:43:23– http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/GeoIP.tar.gz Resolving geolite.maxmind.com… 64.246.48.99 Connecting to geolite.maxmind.com|64.246.48.99|:80……
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