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 *[[Posgres Server Configuration]] -- documents the build of postgres2
-== Private Changes ==
+== [[Private Configuration]] ==
-Some [[Private Configuration]] changes are not recorded on the public wiki pages.
+Some [[Private Configuration]] changes to the research computing setup are not recorded on the public wiki pages.

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	*[[Haas PhD Server Configuration]]		*[[Haas PhD Server Configuration]]
	*[[Posgres Server Configuration]] -- documents the build of postgres2		*[[Posgres Server Configuration]] -- documents the build of postgres2
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		+	== Private Changes ==
		+
		+	Some [[Private Configuration]] changes are not recorded on the public wiki pages.

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	Then install and use Velvet Blues (see https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-update-urls-when-moving-your-wordpress-site/) and use it to change the URLs (use https:// as a page inspection shows that this is correct)		Then install and use Velvet Blues (see https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-update-urls-when-moving-your-wordpress-site/) and use it to change the URLs (use https:// as a page inspection shows that this is correct)
		+
		+	===Another Change to the Wordpress URL and some updates ===
		+
		+	As root get the mysql dbase details:
		+	mysql -p #hint: tsn
		+	select host, user from mysql.user;
		+	show databases;
		+
		+	Read mail:
		+	less /var/mail/$(whoami)
		+
		+	Look in wp-config.php for dbase, user, pword etc.
		+	cat /var/www/html/journal/wp-config.php
		+
		+	Back up the dbase
		+	mysqldump --add-drop-table -h localhost -u root -p wordpress > wordpress-20220814.sql
		+
		+	Change settings (on https://www.edegan.com/journal/wp-admin/options-general.php)
		+	* WordPress Address (URL)
		+	** https://www.edegan.com/articles
		+	* Site Address (URL)
		+	** https://www.edegan.com/articles
		+
		+	Move the folder:
		+	cd /var/www/html/
		+	mv journal articles
		+
		+	Reload:
		+	https://www.edegan.com/articles/wp-admin/options-general.php?
		+
		+	Fix the .htaccess file to do the permalinks
		+	cd articles
		+	vi .htaccess
		+	#change 2 instances of journal to articles
		+
		+	Fix the links in the menu on https://www.edegan.com/articles/wp-admin/customize.php?
		+	* Change links in menus! (2 instances - then publish)
		+
		+	Upgrade php to 7.4
		+	sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php
		+	apt update
		+	apt install -y php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-common php7.4-fpm
		+	apt install -y php7.4-mysql php7.4-dom php7.4-simplexml php7.4-ssh2 php7.4-xml php7.4-xmlreader php7.4-curl php7.4-exif php7.4-ftp php7.4-gd php7.4-iconv php7.4-imagick php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-posix php7.4-sockets php7.4-tokenizer
		+	apt install -y php7.4-mysqli php7.4-pdo php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-ctype php7.4-fileinfo php7.4-zip php7.4-exif
		+	a2dismod php7.3
		+	a2enmod php7.4
		+	a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
		+	a2enconf php7.4-fpm
		+	systemctl reload apache2
		+
		+	Update wordpress
		+	* Note that I have wordpress chown -R root:root for articles and then www-data:www-data for wp-content.
		+	* Didn't read: https://www.edegan.com/articles/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-core-upgrade
		+
		+	Do the update
		+	/var/www/html# chown -R www-data:www-data articles/
		+	run update in wp-admin
		+
		+	* Update all the plugins
		+	* Update themes
		+	* Wordfence
		+	** Update .htaccess for extended protection.
		+
		+	Reharden:
		+	chown -R root:root articles/
		+	chown -R www-data:www-data articles/wp-content/
		+
		+	Fix the alias in apache!
		+	vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/edegan.com.conf
		+	Alias /journal /var/www/html/articles
		+	Alias /articles /var/www/html/article
		+	Alias /blog /var/www/html/blog
		+	RewriteRule ^/*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/articles/index.php [L]
		+	#Redirect the journal root to articles
		+	Redirect permanent /journal https://www.edegan.com/articles
		+	systemctl reload apache2
		+
		+	Plugins etc.
		+	* Site Kit by Google
		+	** Setup! (sign in using dredegan@gmail.com)
		+	* Yoast SEO
		+	** Rerun optimization
		+
		+	Fix image links, etc.
		+	* I repointed the /journal and /blog aliases
		+	* Run the velvet blues plugin
		+
		+	Fix the icon:
		+	* https://www.edegan.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/edegandotcomslashjournal-LightGreyOnDarkBlue.png
		+	* In Z:\projects\WebDesign\LogosV2.xcf
		+	* Export as edegandotcomslasharticles-LightGreyOnDarkBlue.png
		+	* Set under Site Identity

	===Useful tools===		===Useful tools===

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	Note: [https://zmap.io/ Zmap] seems popular nowadays, based on traffic logs.		Note: [https://zmap.io/ Zmap] seems popular nowadays, based on traffic logs.
		+
		+	====Other====
		+
		+	Connect with smb from Mother to Father:
		+	smbclient //192.168.2.200/sharename -U Domainname/username
		+	Note that you need to specify the domain.
		+
		+	Mount a thru connection:
		+	mount -t cifs -o user=username //192.168.2.200/sharename /mnt/father
		+	ln -s /mnt/father/whatever/ /bulk/whatever

	==Old machines==		==Old machines==

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 #Fix aliases in apache and the default subdomain for landing (see below)
 #Fix the permalinks (update the .htaccess file)
 #(Create and) load up a new icon image (it is set under Appearance -> Customize -> Site Identity)
 #Run any updates etc.
 #Reconnect Google site kit
-#Fix the links hardcoded in menus
+#Rerun Yoast SEO optimizer
 To fix the main alias in apache:
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     RewriteRule ^/*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/blog/index.php [L]
   systemctl reload apache2
 ===Useful tools===

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 We then had to fix the passwords in the dbase:
-  #Note: change passwords from hints before running
+  #Note: change passwords from hint before running
   mysql
   SELECT User, Host, Password FROM mysql.user;
-  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('tsn') WHERE User = 'root';
+  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('hint') WHERE User = 'root';
-  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('tsn') WHERE User = 'debian-sys-maint';
+  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('hint') WHERE User = 'debian-sys-maint';
-  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('tsn') WHERE User = 'mcnair_wp';
+  UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('hint') WHERE User = 'mcnair_wp';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

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 Note that I briefly tried 'article' (singular to save letters). I also considered 'paper', which is shorter but not quite right. Likewise study, etc. Also digest (which was a close second), review, bulletin, and pub (which was just too ambiguous). The problem with article is that although it looks good for article URLS, the landing URL is then www.edegan.com/article. A collection word is better. And journal appeals to the academic in me.
-To do this you have to (see https://wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/):
+To do this takes about 10 minutes (see https://wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/). You have to:
 #Make the change in Wordpress through wp-admin (you have to do this first!) - Set both the Wordpress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) fields
 #Move the directory to the new name (at this point I could access www.edegan.com/article)
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 #Fix the permalinks (update the .htaccess file)
 #Fix the images etc. (they seemed fine... ok, when I edited a page a few went missing otherwise there weren't any issues)
-#Create and load up a new icon image (it is set under Appearance -> Site Identity)
+#(Create and) load up a new icon image (it is set under Appearance -> Customize -> Site Identity)
 #Run any updates etc.
 #Reconnect Google site kit

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 ===Changing the blog url===
-It seems likely that some Reddit bots are automatically blogging postings with the word blog in their URL. So I decided to move my blog from /blog to /article. (Note that article is singular to save letters.) I considered 'paper', which is shorter but not quite right. Likewise study, etc. Also journal (which hits the academic in me), digest (also good), review, bulletin, and pub (which was just too ambiguous).
+It seems likely that some Reddit bots are automatically blocking postings with the word blog in their URL. So I decided to move my blog from /blog to /journal.
 To do this you have to (see https://wordpress.org/support/article/moving-wordpress/):