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A few days ago, I was checking up on the performance of my site, mafiaenshevn.com, and I was considering fixing some glaring issues to improve its speed. That didn t happen. However, I did find something interesting in Google s search index the next day. But first, let me give you some insight into what the website [ ] The post I have the world s fastest website, and It s probably slow for you…
Recently I ve started seeing a lot of spam in Google Search in Norwegian. I m not talking about a bad result here and there that ranks terrible. No, I m talking about a large-scale spam operation that I ve noticed more and more in recent days. It s so bad that I m convinced that this one spam domain is [ ] The post The mermaid is taking over Google search in Norway appeared first on ALEXSKRA .
Do you want to update your DNS when your IP changes? Are you using a router running OpenWRT and Cloudflare? Then this short guide is perfect for you! Let s dive right into it. The OpenWRT router needs to modify your DNS settings on Cloudflare, so we need to create an API token. We could use [ ] The post Dynamic DNS(DDNS) with OpenWRT and Cloudflare appeared first on ALEXSKRA .
Software RAID has been relatively simple to use for a long time as it mostly just works. Things are less straightforward when using UEFI as you need an EFI partition that can t be on a software RAID. Well, you could put the EFI partition in a software RAID if you put the metadata at the [ ] The post Ubuntu 24.04 with software RAID1 and UEFI appeared first on ALEXSKRA .
Databases are perfect for storing data efficiently. There are many different databases, but in this post, I ll talk specifically about MariaDB. Follow along and learn how to install MariaDB, create databases, and give users access to using them. I ll also show you how to backup and restore your database. Installation of MariaDB I ll be using [ ] The post How to manage databases (MariaDB) appeared…
I m usually using Ubuntu for development with Docker and VirtualBox, but I ve recently started using Windows 10. Docker and VirtualBox can t be used at the same time if Hyper-V is used. Hyper-V runs Windows virtualized, so other virtualization software can t be used at the same time. This is how and why I switched to docker-machine [ ] The post How to run Docker and VirtualBox at the same time on…
With only one public IP-address you ll have to use different ports if you want to use multiple webservers. But that s kind of useless as you can t ask users to type example.com:81 in the browser instead of just example.com. So how do we solve this problem? Use a reverse proxy By directing all traffic on port [ ] The post How to run multiple webservers with one IP-address appeared first on ALEXSKRA…