Documentation

**What is the complete list of Nginx packages installed?** dpkg –get-selections | grep -i nginx libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam install libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge install libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext install libnginx-mod-http-echo install libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex install libnginx-mod-http-geoip install libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter install libnginx-mod-http-image-filter install libnginx-mod-http-lua install libnginx-mod-http-ndk install libnginx-mod-http-perl install libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter install libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress install libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair install libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter install libnginx-mod-mail install libnginx-mod-nchan install libnginx-mod-stream install nginx-common install nginx-extras install

**What is the complete list of Nginx modules that are installed?** nginx -V nginx version: nginx/1.15.8 built with OpenSSL 1.1.0g 2 Nov 2017 TLS SNI support enabled configure arguments: –with-cc-opt=’-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/nginx-hFnDHF/nginx-1.15.8=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2′ –with-ld-opt=’-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fPIC’ –prefix=/usr/share/nginx –conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf –http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log –error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log –lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock –pid-path=/run/nginx.pid –modules-path=/usr/lib/nginx/modules –http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body –http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi –http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy –http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi –http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi –with-compat […]

**Why do you use OpenSSL instead of Let’s Encrypt?** This is largely a decision that is based on LittleBizzy’s web hosting approach, which requires our clients to be behind Cloudflare. As the fastest DNS resolver in the world, it simply doesn’t make any sense right now NOT to use Cloudflare, especially since its completely free. […]

**Why do you use MySQL instead of MariaDB?** The original reason for the MariaDB fork was because a handful of engineers feared that Oracle would neglect MySQL after they acquired Sun Microsystems in favor of the Oracle Database systems. This turned out to be far from true, and MySQL has maintained its market dominance without […]

**What version of WordPress does SlickStack install?** Generally it installs the latest (current) version of WordPress, as long its not a major version. In other words, since our goal is stability and security, SlickStack will always bundle the most recent “minor” version of WordPress. So if the latest release of WordPress over at WordPress.org is […]

**Why do you use Ubuntu instead of other distros?** Many geeky distro fanboys love to hate on Ubuntu for one reason or another, but the truth remains that besides RedHat, Ubuntu has been the only stand out and dominant Linux distro for many years now. They have beyond proven themselves when it comes to regularl […]

**Can I use your technical SEO features on non-SlickStack sites?** Yes, you can. If you or your client has a WordPress website on a web host somewhere and can’t move it to a SlickStack server for the time being, you can still make use of all our `mu-plugins` (micro plugins) that are included in SlickStack […]

No, we don’t. SlickStack does not support sub-subdomains, because there is really no good reason to use them for PHP-based CMS websites. We are focused on technical SEO and usability, and sub-subdomains create various management headaches. The biggest one is SSL related, for example Cloudflare does not support sub-subdomains on their free plan meaning that […]

Yes actually Certbot does not care if your server is only currently setup with a self-signed SSL cert it will still read your /.well-known/ directory (unless denied access) and be able to verify your ownership of the server and then issue a signed LE cert for your domain. This feature is not very well documented […]

Yes you can. You can run sudo apt update && upgrade anytime you want, or sudo reboot, or whatever else. The idea of SlickStack is that it is a bundle of bash scripts to save you time and create more harmony in LEMP stack admin for WordPress, but it does not “take over” your OS […]