Let’s face it. It is kind of embarrassing when our e-commerce site goes down with an ugly “Service Unavailable” message to your customers. Either on purpose for maintenance, or without your knowledge due to a system fault, the default “Service Unavailable” or Magento error pages are just very uninformative. A low cost DIY aMiSTACX solution… Continue reading Service Unavailable Friendly Page
Category: Maintenance
AWS EC2 Postfix Email Configuration Tips
Although the Postfix sendmail function will work out-of-the-box on an aMiSTACX deployment, here are some tips in case you run into issues. Set the main.cnf to IP4 for the interface protocol sudo nano /etc/postfix/main.cf inet_protocols = ipv4 Make sure your hostname is the name of your domain. e.g., example.com sudo nano /etc/hostname Set the main.cf… Continue reading AWS EC2 Postfix Email Configuration Tips
AWS EC2 and RDS Alerting and Monitoring
A51 accounts can now take advantage of simplistic but powerful monitoring, alerting, and health checks on aMiSTACX stacks, and on non-aMiSTACX AWS EC2 servers. How much does downtime cost your business? Hundreds? Thousands? How are you, or your IT team informed of an issue that impacts your site? Do your customers tell you? Or maybe… Continue reading AWS EC2 and RDS Alerting and Monitoring
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 true/real quantifiable technical experience. Meaning Windows Engineer, Developer, Linux Engineer, and Network Engineer. The reason for this notation and criteria are because the essence of this article will NOT be a step-by-step as the subject… Continue reading Set up a Development Environment on AWS w/ aMiSTACX
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, or just jump in and risk it all? As someone that lived in the Sunshine State, I for one love alligators but respect them, and my policy is don’t bother them and they won’t bother… Continue reading Common sense DIY Hosting Tips for AWS
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 this process.] With Magento’s new big release of 2.3.x that is loaded with features, improvements, and security updates, how can one not feel the temptation not to attempt an upgrade? Even out of necessity, because… Continue reading How to upgrade Magento 2.2.4+ to Magento 2.3.x
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 following: Note: We know this works on Magento 2.3.0 Open-Source running on an aMiSTACX deployment, but we are not sure how far back it will work for Magento 2 Open-Source. From CLI: Enable cd /var/www/magento… Continue reading Solved! How to Enable Magento 2 Database Logging
How to install Composer on Ubuntu
Composer and aMiSTACX All of our G6 ~ G3 Linux stacks already have Composer preinstalled. In a situation that composer is not installed on your stack, please contact support or follow the guidelines set here for proper installation. Info! Do NOT install composer 2.x on pre 2.4.2 Magento OSE stacks. If you need to roll-back… Continue reading How to install Composer on Ubuntu
Upgrade Magento 2 using Composer
Upgrade Magento 2 to the latest version using Composer [aMiSTACX] Make sure everything is working BEFORE you attempt to upgrade. Also, plan your PHP version ahead of time. Pre-Upgrade Recommendations We will take a manual full image before we start. [You can also use A51’s instant backup.] sudo php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer Disable ALL 3rd… Continue reading Upgrade Magento 2 using Composer
How to locate the aMiSTACX Stack Guide?
If somehow you just deployed our aMiSTACX stack for Magento or WordPress, and you come to the database part and looking for an answer to what the user/password is… Well, it’s not here. Note! You must wait on between 15 ~ 30 minutes for a CFT deployment to complete. If you are getting a prompt… Continue reading How to locate the aMiSTACX Stack Guide?