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If you’d like to install WordPress on your cloud server, one of the easiest approaches is to work in shell. In this article we’ll explain how to: Create a new database in MYSQL Download the latest WordPress  package using WGET and TAR Later, in another post, I’ll cover actually installing WordPress. The first step is [...]

Care to venture a guess as to how easy it is to launch a fresh installation of the Drupal CMS? Would you guess 50, 25 or 12 steps? How about 8 steps? Believe it or not, that’s right. In this Rackspace Recipe we will review just how easy it is. This tutorial assumes you’re working [...]

In this Rackspace Recipe we’re going to map out the process for installing LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) on an Ubuntu server. This will all be done from the command prompt or shell, as it is called in Linux and Unix. If you are attempting to connect to a Linux machine from Windows I suggest [...]

I recently began migrating my own websites from a typical managed hosting service to the Rackspace Cloud in order to save money on hosting. I was surprised to discover unparalleled customer service, efficient administrative interface and a completely reliable, fast server. As a result I have decided I am going to use the cloud for [...]

Continuing my series on web development stuff for hacks, this post includes the necessary information to detect a user’s IP address (as well as other variables) with SSI on an Apache server. SSI stands for Server Side Includes and they are directives which are placed in HTML pages and evaluated on the server while the [...]