Contents tagged with Hosting
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Starting All Sites in IIS on a Windows Server
So I recently had to do some work on a server that required stopping all sites in IIS but without stopping IIS itself. Here’s the short post on how I did that. Now of course I needed to have all …
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Stopping All Sites on a Windows Server Without Stopping IIS
I had a need recently to stop all the sites running on a Windows server, but I didn’t want to stop IIS. This specific server has hundreds of sites running on it, so stopping each one at a time would …
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WordPress IIS and PNG Not Showing Up Headaches
Okay, this bit me again today, and I didn’t remember the solution from previous research so I had to research it again. That to me means I need to write it up in a blog post. :) I’m running WordPress …
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Convert a Folder to an Application on a Remote IIS Host
The topic recently came up of the best way to convert a folder to an application on remote shared hosting server. Some hosts may have this built-in to their control panel. I know many (like Cytanium) have options in the …
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Getting .NET 4.5 working on a new IIS8 installation
I fought with IIS8 and ASP.NET 4.5 way longer than I should have had to this morning. Per previous lessons learned, I used WebPI to install IIS and the recommended configuration. I also selected .NET 4.5 and Web Deploy. Afterward …
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DevOps. What does it mean?
What does DevOps mean? Like many terms, there are a variety of slightly different (in some cases vastly different) definitions. The current definition per Wikipedia seems pretty good: “DevOps is a software development method that stresses communication, collaboration and integration …
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Basic IIS Performance Statistics
There are some neat counters available in Windows Performance Monitor for showing some IIS (Internet Information Server) statistics. My three favorites are: Current Anonymous Users: This counter shows the number of current anonymous HTTP connections. Since most web sites serve …
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WordPress on Win08, Win12, and CentOS+NGINX
So… I’ve been reading a lot about nginx and how awesome it performs. It sounds magical! The Issue My blog (running WordPress) hasn’t been running as fast as I (or Google) would like. The TTFB (time to first bite) is …
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Does anyone manually install IIS anymore?
Microsoft has made installing – and doing the initial base configuration of – Internet Information Services (IIS) ridiculously easy by using the Web Platform Installer (WebPI). Open WebPI, select Products in the top menu bar, then select Server in the …
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Handler "PHP5x_via_FastCGI" has a bad module "FastCgiModule" in its module list
Below is a guest post by Desiree at OrcsWeb with an IIS/PHP/CGI troubleshooting tip: I installed WordPress for one of our managed clients recently, and what should have been a simple install, turned into quite a bit of troubleshooting. The …