By default, apnscp will perform an IP check to ensure a hostname maps back to the configured IP address before issuing a certificate. This is true for both initial requests and automatic renewals. Automatic renewals occur 10 days before expiration. Both the panel and API allow you to circumvent this requirement. This does not bypass…
Discourse is a popular forum software written in Ruby. Because Discourse relies on Docker, which is incompatible with the platform, installation must be carried out manually. A Pro package is recommended to run Discourse as each worker is approximately 200 MB. Getting Started Installation is done within the Terminal. Checkout the Discourse repository from GitHub…
Access control lists (ACLs) may be used in multi-user environments to allow granular joint access to file management without allowing access by all users on the account. ACLs can be established either by the owner of the file or account admin using Beacon. ACLs come in two forms, an active entry and default. Active are…
Beacon is a scripting companion to Launchpad (formerly called “apnscp”) that provides a simple interface to interacting with more than 1,850 commands exposed in Launchpad. If Launchpad can do it so can you, minus a pretty interface of course! Beacon comes preinstalled on all v5+ platforms and may also be downloaded from our github repo for use on…
Laravel provides a static cache utility via Artisan to collapse configuration under config/ into a single file to boost performance. Configuration may be cached using: php artisan config:cache When run from terminal, the paths provided may be incorrectly referenced when the application is accessed from the web resulting in application errors. Solution Overwrite bootstrap/app.php to use a…
Overview Email that is sent over TCP via 127.0.0.1 or the server IP address is rejected with a “521: Relaying Denied” error message. Cause All email that passes through TCP must be authenticated with a SASL-compatible username and password, which is the login/password used to access email on the server. Solution SASL authentication is necessary to…
Overview .htaccess files are used to control behaviors of applications by overriding global server configuration. Any Passenger-based application, which includes Node, Python, and Ruby, will stop processing rules beyond the document root, often noted by convention as public/. Cause Passenger is managed by a separate facility that immediately takes control of the request once Apache detects that the…
Overview Applications launched through Passenger, which includes Node, Python, Ruby, and Meteor, may receive optimizations to JavaScript, CSS, and image assets which are not explicitly defined within application logic. Take for example a small external JavaScript asset that may become inlined after the first request: <head> <script src=”//test.js””></script> <!– rest of head –> becomes: <head> <script>//<![CDATA[ console.log(“Hello 212a.”);…
Overview Platforms v6.5+ and beyond support multiple Node versions that may be installed using nvm. Usage Listing nvm is provided automatically. First, to list available node interpreters, execute nvm ls from the terminal: $ nvm ls v4.2.4 v5.5.0 -> system node -> stable (-> v5.5.0) (default) stable -> 5.5 (-> v5.5.0) (default) iojs -> N/A (default)…
Overview Newer platforms, v6+, provide limited sudo support that allows you to remove, copy, and change ownership of files with elevated permissions (root). Depending upon the platform version, either rm (v6) or rm, cp, and chown (v6.5+) commands are available. Usage sudo follows a general syntax: sudo command arguments. Certain commands have restrictions on what arguments…