There are many resources on Matomo’s main site about how to go cookieless, and the merits of local importing of logs with Matomo. This post will help get you started with an aMiSTACX deployment that installs {WordPress or Magento}, and Matomo On-Premise Edition in order to help you leverage the server log analytics import feature.… Continue reading Cookieless Analytics with Matomo On-Premise Edition
Category: Security
How to create an AWS SSH Key Pair
Before you can deploy a stack from AWS or from AWS Marketplace, you must have an SSH key. Normally you will want to create a key for every siloed service that you want to deploy, e.g., development, stage, and production environments. Step 1. Go to the region/zone you will be using for your deployment. Then… Continue reading How to create an AWS SSH Key Pair
Magento 2 Module Disable List
aMiSTACX Module Disable List for Magento 2 Open Source When you deploy a new aMiSTACX stack for Magento 2 Open Source from Amazon AWS Marketplace, the CloudFormation Template [CFT] will ask you if you want to disable Magento 2 modules. Why would you want to disable modules for your store? For example, why would you… Continue reading Magento 2 Module Disable List
An alternative to 2FA
Cloudflare WAF Rule to restrict URL access Warning! Improper application of this rule can block traffic to your site. Test with a VPN and/or IP addresses not in your list. Setting up Two-Factor Authentication [2FA] is a pain for many applications that involve multiple administrators. A simple alternative that leverages Cloudflare’s Web Access Firewall [WAF]… Continue reading An alternative to 2FA
[Solved!] Time Drift Ubuntu 22 : System clock synchronized: no
Problem: Two Factor Authentication Not in sync While setting 2FA on an Ubuntu 22 server for WordPress, I had noticed that the 2FA app’s code would not sync with the code on my Authenticator App. Finding this odd, I went to CLI of the server and ran timedatectl Output: ubuntu@user:~$ timedatectl Local time: Sat 2023-01-07… Continue reading [Solved!] Time Drift Ubuntu 22 : System clock synchronized: no
A51 Tips for AWS Monitoring & Control
Our A51 console was designed to reduce AWS costs, and to offer a simple interface designed to compliment, and in some areas superseded the AWS console. Making it an invaluable tool. We decided to put together some tips and tricks for our A51 Monitoring & Control dashboard for AWS. By no means will this be… Continue reading A51 Tips for AWS Monitoring & Control
RDP Default User Lockout Policy
When using our stack for Windows 2012 R2 RDP, you may want to have some healthy paranoia, and set a default RDP user lockout policy. By default there is only the Administrator account, and that has no lockout policy defined. Setting one up is very easy, and takes about five minutes. Step 1. RDP into… Continue reading RDP Default User Lockout Policy
SSL/TLS certs for Apache and NGINX on aMiSTACX
TLS CERTIFICATES for HTTPS There are many ways to proceed with implementing HTTPS on aMiSTACX. For the purpose of this article we will discuss four basic options: Free Self-Signed Placeholder, Cloudflare Free Origin Certificates, Let’s Encrypt Free Wildcard Certificates, and installing a paid certificate. Self-Signed Almost ALL stacks have a placeholder self-signed cert ready to… Continue reading SSL/TLS certs for Apache and NGINX on aMiSTACX
Turn Off WordPress Auto Updates
In the past, WordPress would just alert you to version updates, but since WP 5x it seems WP will update without even telling you. As many learned the hard way when WordPress 5.5 was released, WP auto-updated your sites, and many sites ended up broken. How to prevent this behavior? Just add this line to… Continue reading Turn Off WordPress Auto Updates
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