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MySQL 5.7 and sql_mode troubles with Google Cloud SQL

MySQL 5.7 and sql_mode troubles with Google Cloud SQL
March 23, 2017March 24, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ 11 Comments

I recently had to port an old database over to a new Google Cloud SQL instance that was running MySQL 5.7. I had done this so many times in the past with previous versions of MySQL, so I didn’t think much of it. Boy was I in for a surprise. It turns out MySQL 5.7… [Continue Reading]

Resolving PCI Compliance Issues on CentOS7/RedHat/Linux

Dealing with PCI Compliance Issues on CentOS7/RedHat/Linux
March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ Leave a comment

I just finished moving over an e-commerce website from a shared host to its own virtual private server and ran into a ton of PCI compliance issues. For those of you with experience dealing with PCI compliance scans, you know the headache dealing with your cases. If you’ve gotten a ton of flags for httpd… [Continue Reading]

Fixing Permission Denied on CentOS7 (SELinux)

Fixing Permission Denied on CentOS (SELinux)
March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ Leave a comment

You’ve configured your server, setup permissions properly, and still you get the frustrating error message: Permission denied in /var/www/… on line xyz. If you’re using a newer linux based OS, chances are you’ve overlooked SELinux and need to also set the proper permissions for write access to your directory and files. If you have a WordPress, Joomla,… [Continue Reading]

How to Setup Free SSL Certificates for your Website in 15 Minutes

How to Setup Free SSL Certificates for your Website in 15 Minutes
March 11, 2017March 22, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ Leave a comment

I had no idea, until today, that you could get a 100% valid and free SSL certificate for your website. I just set it up for this blog and now I’m HTTPS compatible with a green secure icon, and I paid nothing! Shout-out to @ericlaw for the tip. There’s absolutely no reason every website shouldn’t… [Continue Reading]

Cloud SQL Proxy: can’t connect to remote MySQL server

February 24, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ Leave a comment

I struggled for a while trying to get Google Cloud SQL to proxy properly on Compute Engine. Google has a guide to do this, but I continuously received an error saying mysql_connect(): Can’t connect to remote MySQL server or #2003 Cannot log in to the MySQL server. After a ton of time wasted thinking that… [Continue Reading]

Multiple Domains for Your Site in Apache

February 21, 2017February 23, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ Leave a comment

This’ll be a small guide for those of you managing multiple domain names for your site or blog. Say, for example, your domain name is, grandmashirelyshow.com, most likely you’ll also want thegrandmashirelyshow.com, and you might even own the .net and .org version too. Now you have all these domains, but you just have a single blog… [Continue Reading]

Google App Engine and WordPress Guide

February 20, 2017February 23, 2017 ~ Said Ketchman ~ 1 Comment

Google App Engine seems like a great choice for setting up a WordPress blog, and because I wanted more experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) I gave it a try. My overall assessment, however, is that App Engine isn’t the right choice right now and you’re better of using Compute Engine (or Container Engine) for… [Continue Reading]

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