Setting up cPanel to use AWS SES to send emails

If you host your own cPanel server, you may have discovered that the IP address you were given on the VM is no good for sending email. Some RBL has the IP blocked from the previous owner spamming or doing malicious things with it. This little tutorial will walk you through how to configure cPanel to use AWS SES for sending emails.

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Upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 -> 18.04 - MariaDB issues

This post covers the issues I experienced when upgrading a remote VM on Ubuntu 14.04 to 18.04. Some fine folks online say "Don't do it" and others say "I just upgraded 100 VMs without any issue". If you are going to upgrade, ensure you have a good snapshot and backups. Upgrading is fraught with danger.

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Laravel Valet usage with special sites

Laravel Valet makes spinning up almost any type of php site on your local Mac a breeze. There are some edge cases where you might not want to run a site within Valet. On macOS, it is really easy to run other local sites using a custom Nginx config files.

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