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The only reason I find myself having to update Java is to maintain the Elasticsearch server we have running at WSU. Every time I want to update the provisioning configuration, I end up with 25 tabs open trying to figure out what version is needed and how to get it. This is hopefully a shortcut … Continue reading For the next time I’m trying to figure out how to update the Java SDK
Our multi-network multisite WordPress installation at WSU has 1022 sites spread across 342 unique domain names. We have 481 SSL certificates on the server to help secure the traffic to and from these domains. And we have 1039 unique server blocks in our nginx configuration to help route that traffic. Configuring a site for HTTPS is … Continue reading Managing SSL certificates and HTTPS configuration at scale
The timing of the Let’s Encrypt beta could not be more perfect as my previous certificate expires on November 18th. I purposely purchased only a 1 year certificate because I knew Let’s Encrypt was coming. Let’s see how this works! 6:00pm In my email, I have an invite to Let’s Encrypt for 3 whitelisted domains—jeremyfelt.com, … Continue reading My first Let’s Encrypt certificate
This was almost a storm of 140 character segments, but I help make software to democratize publishing. I should use it. 😄 The pains people working on WordPress go to in making security, stored content, and backward compatibility all first priorities are amazing. This is what I’ve learned and been inspired by the most since … Continue reading Security. Stored Content. Backward Compatibility.
I spent so much time trying to get this working last November and kept running into brick walls. Today, I finally revisited a comment on that same issue by Rouven Hurling that pointed out two excellent notes from Andrea Ercolino. How to run WordPress tests in VVV using PHPStorm 8 How to run WordPress tests in VVV … Continue reading Running PHPUnit on VVV from PHPStorm 9
Developing plugins and introducing new rewrite rules for features on single site installations of WordPress is pretty straight forward. Via register_activation_hook(), you’re able to setup a task that fires flush_rewrite_rules() and you can safely assume job well done. But for multisite? A series of bad choices awaits. Everything seems normal. The activation hook fires and even … Continue reading Flushing rewrite rules in WordPress multisite for fun and profit
When nginx -t complained about a certificate/key mismatch this afternoon, I first assumed that the problem was on our end during our automated CSR/key generation or our certificate request process. I took a closer look at all three pieces to look for the source of the error using “The Most Common OpenSSL Commands“: openssl rsa -in … Continue reading OpenSSL commands that came in useful today
I dug in to some different configurations in VVV today and decided to write them up as I went. This will be posted in some form to the VVV wiki as well. There are other networking configurations available in Vagrant, though I’m not sure that any would be useful in development with VVV. I would … Continue reading Various Networking Configurations in VVV
This is a wrap-up post for the last few days I spent documenting a series of deployment workflows I use to get code into production. While writing all of this up over the last several days, I was able to compile some of my thoughts about what a proper workflow should look like. I’m not … Continue reading Deployment Workflows Wrap-up
This post is the fourth in a series of deployment workflows I use to get code into production. This is the one non-WordPress deployment writeup, though still interesting. The WSU Spine plays the role of both branding and framework for websites created at WSU. It provides a consistent navigation experience, consistent default styles, and the … Continue reading Deployment Workflows, Part 4: WSU Spine