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###Passwordless SSH logins with private key authentication

1. On local machine, create your ssh key files

   Run ssh-keygen -t rsa as your local user, and allow all defaults and no password. This will create your private key associated with your computer and a public key (~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) file to be shared later.

2. Login to remote server and make sure RSA Authentication and Public Key Authentication is on

$ ssh user@remotehost

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Install / Update VMware Tools on CentOS

1. Create yum repo config file

   sudo vi /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo
   

   Add these config settings, and save file.

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import grp
import pwd
import subprocess

# update these settings to match your server settings
vhost_directory 	= '/home/'	# cpanel uses /home - most linux servers use a variation of /var/www/vhosts
git_pull_command 	= 'git pull origin dev --quiet'		# set to your preferred git pull command, and what branch to pull
show_all_output		= True

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###Flush and Reset All DNS Caches in OS X Yosemite

Quickly clear all dns caches in OS X Yosemite with this bash alias.

1. Edit your local ~/.bash_profile and add the following alias:

alias cleardns="sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache; sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches; sudo discoveryutil udnscachestats; sudo discoveryutil mdnscachestats;"

2. Make sure to reload your bash profile (or restart your terminal):

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###Nginx multi-host combined access log format

Log multiple hosts with gzip compression and request time data.

From /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

log_format timed_combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local]  '
	'$host "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
	'"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" "$gzip_ratio" ($request_time)';

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server {
	listen 80;
	server_name symfony.dev;
	root /var/www/vhosts/symfony.dev/web;
 
	rewrite ^/app\.php/?(.*)$ /$1 permanent;
 
	try_files $uri @rewriteapp;
 
        location @rewriteapp {

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[mysql]

# CLIENT #
port                           = 3306
socket                         = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

[mysqld]

# GENERAL #
user                           = mysql

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Add ssl cacert for a secure mail server to Jira

1. Login as root and create directory for mail server files to be created. Rename "mail.mailserver.com" for your mail server you're trying to connect to.

   mkdir ~/mail.mailserver.com
   cd ~/mail.mailserver.com
   

2. Get certificate file contents from mail server on port 995:

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Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) php5-fpm PhalconPHP install

Optional - add repo for php 5.6.8

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6
sudo apt-get update

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#!/bin/bash

# sync mysql tables from dev server to production server quickly via command line
# specify the list of tables to sync below

dev_host="127.0.0.1"
dev_user="root"
dev_pass="K#oDAk6AF@GumR7"
dev_db_name="local_dev"