Should you get a composer memory error or status message “killed” when using sudo composer upgrade on aMiSTACX, it is… Read more »
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Service Unavailable Friendly Page
Let’s face it. It is kind of embarrassing when our Magento 2 or 1 site goes down with an ugly… Read more »
AWS EC2 Postfix Email Configuration Tips
Although the Postfix sendmail function will work out of the box on aMiSTACX, here are some tips in case you… Read more »
Set up a Development Environment on AWS w/ aMiSTACX
This article is designated for experts, and expert meaning someone with many years of real DevOps technical experience, certifications, and… Read more »
Enable CloudWatch Agent for Area 51
Area 51 supports Advanced Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch. This new feature will allow history on some important local EC2 metrics… Read more »
Magento using Authorize.net stops supporting MD5
We received an email from Magento today, March 4th, 2019, advising the following: On March 14, 2019, Authorize.net will stop… Read more »
Common sense DIY Hosting Tips for AWS
When there is a sign that says “NO SWIMMING” there are alligators in the area, do you heed the warning,… Read more »
Unlocking Extra Server Horsepower for your aMiSTACX G3
How to fix the AWS “ENA not Enabled” or failure to launch a T3 instance. [for aMiSTACX] – The whole… Read more »
How to upgrade Magento 2.2.4+ to Magento 2.3.x
[Upgrade to Magento 2.3.x was originally written for 2.3.0; however, we have upgraded several customers to 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 with… Read more »
Solved! How to Enable Magento 2 Database Logging
Sometimes you just need Magento’s database to tell all, and a very easy way to accomplish this is with the… Read more »
aMiSTACX / A51 : System Status and Updates
We will post here upcoming updates, maintenance windows, features and fixes for aMiSTACX and Area 51. Stay tuned! April 22nd… Read more »
How to install Composer on Ubuntu
Composer and aMiSTACX All of our G5/G4/G3 Linux stacks already have Composer preinstalled. In a situation that composer is not… Read more »
Upgrade Magento 2 using Composer
Upgrade Magento 2 to the latest version using Composer [aMiSTACX] Upgrading Magento to another version is not for the faint… Read more »
How to make use of a local hosts file for testing.
Host File 101 – testing One of your best testing tools for setting up a live and development site is… Read more »
How to add a purchased certificate to aMiSTACX
Generally speaking this will be the same process for both Apache and NGINX. A high-level overview is provided here. Please… Read more »
Solved! Magento 2 Redis not able to persist on disk.
Nothing like starting your day with an error like this: CredisException: MISCONF Redis is configured to save RDB snapshots, but… Read more »
Magento 2 “It’s time to change your password.”
You log into the Magento 2 admin panel and you are welcomed with “It’s time to change your password.” This… Read more »
How to Modify AWS EC2 Size
How to increase or decrease AWS EC2 instance size. Even with an optimized aMiSTACX stack running on a t3-small, sometimes… Read more »