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I'm done with my crazy work/travel schedule, and now I'm back! Regular YouTube videos will be starting again tomorrow, and I've got some new e-books coming out.

New e-book about setting up your self-hosted (nginx) site to serve HTTPS traffic: gum.co/encryptyourinternets

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$FreeBSD Web Server 01 - Nginx Config Explained, PHP and MySQL Setup How to install a web stack on FreeBSD: nginx, mysql/mariadb, and php/php-fpm. Co-host Christian explains the details of the nginx configuration file that were using, so this is a great video if youve been wondering about what youre copy-pasting into nginx.conf for most tutorials on the Web. Instructions/Reference: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-an-nginx-mysql-and-php-femp-stack-on-freebsd-10-1 (we are following this with some modifications the process is almost identical no matter how you approach it) pkg install nginx mysql56-server php56 php56-mysql rehash /etc/rc.conf mysql_enable=YES nginx_enable=YES php_fpm_enable=YES cd /usr/local/etc vi php-fpm.conf # sudo listen = /var/run/php-fpm.sock listen.owner = www listen.group = www listen.mode = 0660 cp php.ini-production php.ini # sudo vi php.ini # sudo cgi.fix_pathinfo=0 service php-fpm start # sudo service mysql-server start # sudo mysql_secure_installation # sudo service mysql-server restart # sudo service nginx start # sudo vi nginx.conf # sudo user www; worker_processes 8; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log info; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; (configure server block) root /usr/local/www/nginx; index index.php index.html index.htm; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } location ~ .php$ { try_files $uri =404; fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; include fastcgi_params; } mkdir -p /var/log/nginx # sudo touch /var/log/nginx/access.log # sudo touch /var/log/nginx/error.log # sudo rm /usr/local/www/nginx # sudo mkdir /usr/local/www/nginx # sudo cp /usr/local/www/nginx-dist/index.html /usr/local/www/nginx # sudo vi /usr/local/www/nginx/info.php # sudo nginx -t # sudo service nginx restart # sudo TEST via HTTP rm /usr/local/www/nginx/info.php # sudo$

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