Month: April 2015

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Fixing Stuff Samuel

limiting wordpress logins via IP server wide in WHM

This post is just for my own future use so please excuse the lack of polish. The goal here was to lock down all the wordpress sites on our server for 2 main reaonns:

1.) Our Server was working way harder than it needed to, and this was in a great deal due to the fact that several popular wordpress sites we have on the serve were constantly getting bombarded with bad login requests
2.) This greatly increases the security of your wp-admin section

How to do this:

-login to WHM/cpanel
-navigate to Service Configuration > Apache Configuration > Post VirtualHost Include
-Select “All Versions” of apache
-Add the following code snippet:


# Restrict wp-login

Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 0.0.0.0.0.0 (replace with your IP address)
ErrorDocument 403 "Not allowed from your IP."

Hit update to save

Categories
Fixing Stuff Samuel

installing SSL cert in google chrome

If you are like me and ran into an issue where you trust an SSL certy (because you issued it on your server) and you want to add a permanent exception to chrome to avoid the annoying SSL warning then you can do the following:

You can permanently install the certificate and then Chrome will trust it. Click on the green padlock, click connection, then certificate information, click details tab, then copy to file. This will export the certificate to a file. Then you can double click and add it to your local store.

cert will be located at:

C:\Users\user-name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\41.0.2272.118\file-name

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Uncategorized

Starting Something New

Am I the only person who waits until something new is starting in one area of life to make changes in others?

I start a new job next week and with this new start is the possibility of fresh starts all over the place. I am already getting back into a rhythm of running outside or going to the gym and I think I am going to train for a half marathon and run one for the second time.
Its like I get stuck in behavior/attitude ruts until something comes along to shake me out of it. This weekend I  made some changes in how I have been handling a family situation, and while it was super awkward to see someone for the first time in two years, it took this feeling of guilt mixed with anger away and put me back in control of the situation.

The newness feeling has me wanting things I stopped thinking I could have – because if someone will hire me to help others, I am feeling way more motivated to help myself.

 

“The remedy for negative self talk, then, is not the search for unanimous praise from the outside world. It’s a hopeless journey, and one that destroys the work, because you will water it down in fear of that outside critic that amplifies your internal one.

The remedy is accurate and positive self talk. Endless amounts of it.” – S. Godin