Config files location
**But shouldn’t configs be outside the public root?** There’s lots of “should” and theorizing in computer programming, but one reason for the success of WordPress is its pragmatism and user-friendliness. There’s plenty to criticize about WordPress from the perspective of things like “12-factor apps” but let’s remember that WordPress was around before many of these […]
default PHP packages
**What is the complete list of PHP-FPM packages installed?** dpkg –get-selections | grep -i php php-common install php-igbinary install php-redis install php7.2 install php7.2-bcmath install php7.2-cli install php7.2-common install php7.2-curl install php7.2-fpm install php7.2-gd install php7.2-json install php7.2-mbstring install php7.2-mysql install php7.2-opcache install php7.2-readline install php7.2-soap install php7.2-xml install php7.2-zip install
default PHP extensions
**What is the complete list of PHP-FPM modules installed?** php -m [PHP Modules] bcmath calendar Core ctype curl date dom exif fileinfo filter ftp gd gettext hash iconv igbinary json libxml mbstring mysqli mysqlnd openssl pcntl pcre PDO pdo_mysql Phar posix readline redis Reflection session shmop SimpleXML soap sockets sodium SPL standard sysvmsg sysvsem sysvshm […]
default Nginx packages
**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
default Nginx modules
**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 […]
openssl not lets encrypt
**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. […]
Mysql not mariab
**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 […]
Which WordPress version?
**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 Ubuntu distro
**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 […]
technical SEO without slickstack
**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 […]
