Today I had to take a MySQL database backup from one database and then restore it to a different database name (for development/testing purposes). I tried a number of different tricks that I found online through Google without any success. The issue was that the user I was using to restore the data was NOT […]
PUT/POST/DELETE Verb Errors On Site
A client was getting errors when using PUT/POST/DELETE verbs on their web application recently. The errors he was seeing were: After some troubleshooting the error was isolated to the fact that WebDav was installed on the server and was intercepting those requests for its own service use. Rather than removing WebDav from the server, we […]
ASP.NET, cytanium, Development/Coding, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System AdministrationConfiguring Microsoft’s SMTP Service to allow relay
My recent post on Installing the Microsoft IIS SMTP Service on Windows Server 2008 helps people get up-and-running with a local SMTP service to support the sending of emails from code (i.e.: C# Sample For Sending Emails). Just getting the SMTP service running though is only the first step – the default installation actually WON’T […]
Hosting, IIS, server, smtpInstalling the Microsoft IIS SMTP Service on Windows Server 2008
The most popular blog post on my site is how to send email to ASP.NET (C# code sample). It seems that a recurring question/comment on that post though is from people with issues with the code being rejected when trying to relay email through “localhost” (an assumed running local SMTP service). So, here’s a post […]
Hosting, IIS, server, smtpAutomating Website Creation with PowerShell v3
I will be the first to admit that I am not a scripting pro. Matter of fact, I am pretty much a novice at it. Recently, I stumbled across a PowerShell script that creates a website, populates it with default text page, and launches IE to test the page. This script was written for PowerShell […]
Automation, IIS, PowerShellWordPress: Redirect One Domain to Another
I have multiple domains pointed to certain WordPress installations that I run. Some people have setups like this and run multiple sites in their WP install. I, on the other hand though, wanted to redirect all requests for certain domains to a single domain. Basically consolidating the domains so the users all wind up on […]
cytanium, Hosting, WordpressPerforming Offline installations with WPI Command line tool
Performing application installs on a server that does not have internet connectivity used to be a difficult thing to do. You had to locate and download not only the main application, but any dependencies that would be needed to complete the install. Without an easy way to determine these dependencies, you could be stuck in […]
IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, tip, WindowsSetting up SSL in IIS7
Obtaining an SSL certificate for your website is a task that every IIS administrator will have to perform at some point in time. This can be a confusing process the first time you have to do this. IIS7 has changed the way that certificates are requested. In the IIS6 days, you requested a certificate from […]
Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, Windows, windows serverImplementing Application Initialization on IIS 7.5
Another great post by Terri over at OrcsWeb that I think you’ll find beneficial. Here’s a brief intro and a link to the full post… Microsoft has released a new module for IIS 7.5 which provides the ability to ‘warm-up’ an application and provide a ‘pretty’ page to the end-user until the application is fully […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, SQL/Databases, System Administration, tip, WindowsOrchard Memory Usage and Performance
A guest post by Rick Barber – a senior technical lead over at managed Windows host OrcsWeb: At OrcsWeb we recently came across an issue where a user was having performance issues with a bare-bones Orchard installation on a shared server. We tried to reproduce the issue and sure enough, any time the site was […]
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