If you are seeing this error this month (May 2025) and have tried searching the web for a fix you will find that there will be no fix that keeps SSL Stapling enabled. LetsEncrypt no longer includes OCSP URLs. Here’s how to update your configuration.
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FreeBSD Jail with Single IP
You have a FreeBSD VPS with only a single IP, but you wish to utilize the security/isolation of jails such as thru ezjail-admin, what do you do? Utilizing OpenBSD’s PF can allow you to run a FreeBSD Jail and serve your web and ssh traffic directly to the jail.
FreeBSD Update Annoyances [pkg-config-0.25_1]
So today I got around to running portmaster again to update to the latest packages, and came across an all too familiar package upgrade error with pkg-config-0.25_1. You may have seen the above before with other updates in the past, this is the quick write up on how to correct this and any future errors of similar nature.
Debian/Ubuntu Nginx init Script (opt)
Normally if you install Nginx from a repository this init script would already be included. However if you installed from source, or did not use the standard paths, you may need this.
Apache to Nginx Migration Tips
Nginx currently holds shy of 6.5% of the known webserver market, which is just roughly shy of 13 million servers. This little lightweight webserver created by a sole Russian developer has been gaining a great deal of popularity over the last few years and is used by sites such as Wordpress, Texts from Last Night and Hulu.
This guide will provide you with common migration tips to move from an Apache server to an Nginx configuration.
Migrating Cpanel to DirectAdmin
One of the most frustrating thing someone can do involving their websites is moving them from one hosting provider to another. It’s increasingly more difficult if your hosting was based on a control panel such as Cpanel, and try to migrate to a different kind of control panel or none at all. This article will show you how to migrate the two most important parts (files and database) from Cpanel to another control panel such as DirectAdmin.
Releasing IP Addresses in WHM/Cpanel
If you are hosted with a WHM/Cpanel based server or VPS, you may have had some difficulties trying to get an alternate webserver such as Nginx or Lighttpd installed especially if you wanted to use the default port 80. This article shows you how you can release extra IP addresses to be used by those services without conflicting with Apache.
Handling wildcard subdomains with PHP
Subdomains can be a very handy way to make your urls more friendly looking. They can also be incredibly useful for membership driven websites to allow members to have their own custom subdomain. But how do make manage dynamic subdomains with PHP? This article shows you how.