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Proxying an application from an Nginx subdirectory back to the root of the backend server
This is what needs to be done to get a reverse proxy working with client requesting data from Nginx at a 'sub-directory' location and an Apache backend serving the application from the root-directory In hindsight this was probably what I would need to do in order to...
MacOS Scanning – Now working with IPv6
I had problems printing and scanning from my MacOS laptop to a HP Officejet Pro 8620. I ended up fixing it by turning off IPv6 on the printer and the MacBook. But it appears that you can have IPv6 turned on and it still work. Please see below...
OPTIONS pre-flight Check CakePHP 2
Before fetch sends a POST request to another domain it will do a CORS pre-flight check. The following website has the HTTP OPTIONS middleware code you can use for CakePHP 3. It mentions for a CakePHP 2 version you need to go to another website which is unavailable now...
Nginx Certificate Installation from PFX File
https://gist.github.com/junxy/2464633f27345fbe6a98 # if your pfx file is yourdomain.com.pfx # split the name up so you can have a descriptive # cert and key name OUT=yourdomain.com PFX=.pfx # create pem fromat certs from pfx fiiles # and a decrypted key openssl pkcs12...
CakePHP 2.x Validating Forms without a Database Model
I have a CakePHP form that I need to validate but the form fields don't equate to anything in a database table or model. To get it to work I create a dummy 'Model' using ClassRegistry::init, attach all the necessary validation rules, set the POST data from the form to...
Dynamically Displaying the Twitter Bootstrap Version in a CakePHP Page
This is the CakePHP Code that I embed in a page to display the current version of Bootstrap CSS that is in use on the website. Assuming that JQuery is included somewhere on the page all that is required is a target div and then a snippet of javascript created using...