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SoftLayer has a private network which is accessible only via VPN. It took me a really long time to figure out how to connect on Ubuntu 12.04 running on VirtualBox. To configure the VPN connection, from the network manager icon in the top right corner click: “VPN Connections” > “Configure VPN…”. Use a PPTP VPN, Read More
SoftLayer will allow to setup a handful of OS images by default, but requires you to jump through extra hoops if you’d like to provide your own ISO or go through the OS install screens yourself. For example, this is most likely the way you’d install LVM if you’d like to backup your database via Read More
Install nginx if it’s not already installed: sudo apt-get install nginx You must have the SSL module installed. The nginx docs say this is not standard. However, it does come installed on Ubuntu. You can verify by running nginx -V and looking for –with-http_ssl_module. Next up is generating the SSL certs. Follow the Slicehost docs Read More
I’m currently a Software Engineer at Google. It’s a great job that I absolutely love. I’ll make the standard disclaimer here that anything I’ve written on this blog are my own opinions and not those of my employer. My previous job was as a Web Developer at Sherwin-Williams. One of the girls that interned there Read More