There is an easier way to connect to your Linux box than having to remember and type passwords to gain access. We use git with a secured repository on a remote linux server. Often we want to push code, but having to answer the password prompts for every submodule can be a pain. There [...]
21
Jan
Language string failed to load: tls
We recently ran into this error while trying to get a mail service working from within PHP. Our email service provider requires TLS security to validate our account before we are allowed to send mail through their system. This is a good practice as it keeps rogue email traffic from flooding the outbound network [...]
09
Dec
SFTP Tips & Tricks
Using Keyfiles To Access SFTP Services You can use the private key .pem files to allow you to connect via SFTP on a server that only allows key access. The trick is to get the .pem file that Amazon gives you onto the sever that you will be using to connect to the EC2 instance. [...]
12
Nov
Logon To Your Linux Box Using SSH Keys
I’ve been recently working with AWS EC2 instances and have found that the SSH keys that they require for secure login practices actually have some nice benefits. For one thing, once I’ve generated a keyfile that uniquely identifies me on my local PC, I can use that keyfile to quickly and easily login to any [...]
20
Feb
Creating and Installing SSL Certs via SSH
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Apache + Open SSL Login as root cd /usr/bin/ (/your path to openssl/) openssl genrsa -des3 -out <name_of_your_certificate>.key 1024 You will need to enter a passphrase for your key here, and then enter it again in the next step. openssl req -new -key <name_of_your_certificate>.key -out <name_of_your_certificate>.csr At this point you’ll have [...]
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