Mysql on Jackenhack

Ubuntu Server WordPress with W3 Total Cache install

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Initial installation Ubuntu Server

Last time I configured my web server with Ubuntu Server, I had problems finding all the instructions on what and how to install everything needed to get a WordPress blog with W3 Total Cache, CDN, Apache2 MPM Worker and fcgi working. So this is my attempt to write down the steps needed to get the server going. You might find it of interest if your needs are similar to mine. Here’s the requirements for my WordPress blog.

Apache MPM Worker threaded version
APC PHP Opcode optimizer
All the required modules for W3 Total Cache
Graphics libraries for Mint statistics

Optimize MySQL performance for speed and memory use

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

[caption id=“attachment_978” align=“alignnone” width=“300”] Jamison Judd[/caption]

I found this great shell script to test your MySQL server. You need to have your MySQL server up and running a while before running the test to get valid data. With all the possible setting variations this is can be a handy tool.

Get MySQL Performance tuner here.

MAMP WordPress Error establishing a database connection

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve installed MAMP on my Mac to do some changes to my blog. I tried to set the WordPress wp-config.php file to connect to localhost:8889, but got an error that It could not connect to the database. After replacing localhost:8889 to 127.0.0.1:8889 it works. My quick guess is that permissions for the root user is set to allow connections 127.0.0.1, but not localhost. Anyway, it works now.

My wp-config.php file looks like this: