Category: Bitnami
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[Fixed] Tiny screen in VirtualBox Guest
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 laptop and although it is a very high resolution screen it is only 12″ big so I do most of my development on a second 24″ monitor. I want to my Windows 10 virtual machine to run full screen on the 24″ monitor which is 1900 x 1200…
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How to enable ACPI Shutdown in VirtualBox
A VirtualBox guest computer runs in a window. When you click [X] or click the Machine menu there is the option “ACPI Shutdown”. Ubuntu Guests To enable this on Ubuntu guests from https://community.bitnami.com/t/mac-host-controlled-shutdown-of-vbox-rubystack-3-2-1/2904 Windows Guests To enable this on Windows 10 guests Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do> When…
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How to clone a Bitnami server in the AWS console
I use the excellent Bitnami WordPress AMI. I wanted to clone it so I made a snapshot and then created an image from the snapshot. The newly created AMI launched but only passed 1/2 health checks. The problem was that when creating the AMI I left the AKI (Amazon Kernal Image) on “default”. You must…
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How to add a static IP to a Virtualbox on your laptop
I believe that all development should be done on virtual machines because of the ability to backup and restore them as simple files. I use my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 as the host and and have two guests; a Windows 10 development box with IntelliJ and PuTTY on it and a Bitnami WordPress appliance that…
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How to convert from keys from .ppk to .openssh
The nice thing about computer standards are that there are so many to choose from. I use PuTTY on Windows to login to my Bitnami Ubuntu machines on the Amazon Cloud. PuTTY uses the .pkk key format. I develop using Intellij. This can deploy to remote hosts but uses the OpenSSH key format. To convert…
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Simplifying WordPress farm deployments using symbolic links
I have previously posted on how to create a WordPress (Multisite) farm on a Bitnami server. A big problem when you manage a farm is keeping all the plug-ins up-to date. Until the release of WordPress 3.9 it was not possible to have single copy of a plug-in in a master version and then symbolically…
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Installing Newrelic server monitoring
In a previous post I explained how to install Newrelic server application monitoring for WordPress. I now realise that this is probably putting the cart before the horse in that one should install Newrelic Server monitoring first. This is very easy. The instructions are here and at the bottom of the page it gives advice on…
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Installing Newrelic application monitoring on Bitnami Servers
W3 Total Cache recommends Newrelic for WordPress application monitoring. Newrelic provides detailed server and application monitoring. The PHP agent tracks which pages take a long time to render and which queries take a long time to run. Install Newrelic I installed the Newrelic agent and daemon using apt get as instructed on their website. (Bitnami…
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Managing MySQL on Bitnami AWS servers
There are two clients that can be used to manage the MySQL server on Bitnami AWS servers. phpMyAdmin This is a php application web application that has been pre-installed by Bitnami MySQL Workbench. A rich client that runs on your desktop and connects over a socket The approach is both cases is similar you need…
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How to give an IAM user access to an S3 bucket
My backup strategy for my Bitnami WordPress Multisite has been to enable hourly snapshots in the Bitnami EC2 console. Now that I have created a WordPress Multisite farm on my server this is no longer sufficient. The reason is that I need the ability to restore (and hence backup) individual websites and the server now hosts many websites.…
Dr James Bayley 