Quickly create an FTP server on your EC2 instance
After crawling through scores of pages, found this tutorial, which works like a charm.
http://www.sigerr.org/linux/setup-vsftpd-custom-multiple-directories-users-accounts-ubuntu-step-by-step/
Couple of things overlooked in this:
500 OOPS: priv_sock_get_int
Fix: add to /etc/vsftpd.conf
seccomp_sandbox=NO
passive mode in filezilla
fix: http://sumantjsr.blogspot.in/2011/12/fix-for-sent-passive-reply-with_5945.html
Thanks for birthday wishes – 2010
Thanks for the wishes everyone! this goes to all who wished/dint wish me on my birthday :)
Perfect development environment for remote teams
I prefer developing on remote server, since it ensures greater fidelity to the production environment plus awesome portability. I just need a terminal and my .pem key to logon to my servers from anywhere,...
Configure subdomain for Mailgun in Digital Ocean
I really like Digital Ocean for its no-fuss, economical yet powerful servers.
Recently, I hit a snag trying to configure subdomain for mailgun using digital ocean's DNS settings. No matter what I did, mailgun was...
Varnish cache 503 guru meditation
Its a frequent headache with varnish. I found the suggestions mentioned in the article
http://www.technoreply.com/solving-dreaded-varnish-503-error/
very useful. Reproducing the article here, just in case it goes offline in future:
BEFORE WE START
One of the most confusing (but...
Logo of Tspoon
Logo of Tspoons… a graphic design studio… started by me and couple of my friends during IIT days.
Add "buzz" and Escape-close to Pidgin!
Add “buzz” and Escape-close to Pidgin!
Pidgin doesn’t support Yahoo messenger(ym) shortcuts like:
ctrl-g for buzz and
Esc for closing the window.
Being an ardent user of ym(once upon a time :P ), I was pretty accustomed to...
Code Snippet for auto-lock feature in settings > general
An interesting snippet discovered at stackoverflow link
This enables implementing auto-lock feature like that seen in settings -> general.
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// …
tableView.registerClass(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "categoryCell")
}
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("categoryCell",...
Cloning EC2 instance
Create AMI
Launch new instance
While launching new instance, you can keep instance storage low
Keep EBS storage upto your needs
If your site is located at /var/www/ and you use mod_rewrite of apache:
1. If the conf of...
Opening targeted tabs in a tabbed bootstrap modal window
I was trying to build a modal window in bootstrap with 2 tabs. Each tab will be fired by different buttons in the main HTML.
The problems are,
bootstrap doesn’t render the...
