Planning to use AWS? I beg to reconsider!
by Danila Vershinin, August 19, 2022
If you’re running a Magento or WordPress website, please don’t use AWS, and please don’t work with people who suggest to use it.
Read More...Magmi for Magento 2. Installation and NGINX configuration
by Danila Vershinin, December 31, 2018
Just a quick nginx configuration for Magmi, the Magento 2 Mass Importer
Read More...Proper Magento Fail2ban Configuration
by Danila Vershinin, September 4, 2018
Protect your Magento like a real PRO using adapting banning powered by Fail2ban
Read More...Magento 2 Security Checklist
by Danila Vershinin, June 24, 2018
When you prepare to launch your Magento 2 website, security is one of the primary areas of concern. Whether you plan to accept credit card data directly on your website, or on a payment provider’s pages – you are required to achieve PCI compliance. Otherwise, you’ll find your business at risk of being banned from […]
Read More...Fix Magento 1.9.x timezone after migration
by Danila Vershinin, March 6, 2018
Here’s how to fix that wrong time in Magento 1.x post migration to another server.
Read More...The evil increment_id? Or why MySQL is not using an index
by Danila Vershinin, February 17, 2018
Debugging guide to help you with your MySQL index optimization in Magento 1.x
Read More...Nginx: Disable logging of Magento security probes
by Danila Vershinin, August 8, 2017
Disable logging of Magento 1.x security probes in Nginx configuration. Uses map Nginx feature to conditionally log requests to Magento.
Read More...Huge Magento database and cleaning it
by Danila Vershinin, June 22, 2017
Cleanup huge Magento database with one quick SQL query or do it regularly via cron.
Read More...Ultimate Magento 1.x Security Checklist
by Danila Vershinin, May 9, 2017
Secure your Magento using this easy checklist with links for in-depth tutorials on making your store safe from hacks
Read More...Turpentine is not a Full Page Cache
by Danila Vershinin, April 8, 2017
Magento 1.9.x and Varnish are just not compatible. Here is what I have to say about the only plugin out there for implementing Varnish support – Turpentine.
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