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Error establishing a database connection

Error establishing a database connection

That was the message when I went to my home page.  This site is implemented using WordPress.  Since I had not changed a thing, and as the site was working fine a couple of hours before this, a mild panic set in.  A quick check of the wp-config.php file and an SSH login to the […]

MySQL – Master / Slave Replication and MySQL Multi – Part Two

MySQL – Master / Slave Replication and MySQL Multi – Part Two

MySQL Replication – Part Two: Master / Slave In this two-part series we provide some food for thought on MySQL, and strategies for Master / Slave replication.  First off, the discussion and examples given are based on a CentOS Linux install of MySQL. The particulars are as follows: Operating System: CentOS 6.4 Database Engine: MySQL […]

MySQL – Master / Slave Replication and MySQL Multi – Part One

MySQL - Master / Slave Replication and MySQL Multi - Part One

MySQL Replication – Part One: Multi In this two-part series we will provide some food for thought on MySQL, and strategies for Master / Slave replication.  First off, the discussion and examples given are based on a CentOS Linux install of MySQL. The particulars are as follows: Operating System: CentOS 6.4 Database Engine: MySQL 5.5 […]

OpenVPN – Introduction and Installation on CentOS

OpenVPN - Introduction and Installation on CentOS

What is OpenVPN Just from the name “VPN” means “Virtual Private Network” and “Open” refers to the Open Source Software status of the OpenVPN application.  This is the first of a series of articles about OpenVPN.  We will look at a number of potential use scenarios in the rest of this series. For starters we […]