Migrate a WordPress web site to DreamHost
DreamHost is one of the recommended WordPress hosting providers. The DreamHost website has an extensive knowledge base, but the necessary steps to move your live site from another provider are scattered over multiple pages at…
Waiting for SSH service on …:22, retrying in 3 seconds
When you try to launch a new EC2 instance in AWS using Chef Test Kitchen and the process times out with the message: Waiting for SSH service on …:22, retrying in 3 seconds $$$$$$ [SSH] connection failed, terminating…
Failed to complete #create action: [undefined method `version’ for nil:NilClass] on …
When you execute kitchen converge to launch an EC2 instance in AWS with Chef Test Kitchen, you get the error message: >>>>> ——Exception——- >>>>>> Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed…
Could not load the ‘ec2’ driver from the load path
When you execute kitchen list and the driver in your .kitchen file is “ec2“, the following error message appears: >>>> ——Exception——- >>>>>> Class: Kitchen::ClientError…
Could not load the ‘vagrant’ driver from the load path
When you execute the kitchen converge command to launch a virtual machine on your workstation with the Vagrant driver, you may get the error message: >>>>> ——Exception——- >>>>>> Class:…
Vagrant installation
Vagrant Installation Warning! The new versions of Vagrant delete the contents of the /opt/vagrant directory. If you want to keep old versions of Vagrant, first move them out of the /opt directory. Download Vagrant from https://www.vagrantup.com/ and…
Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
When I rebooted my Ubuntu machine it started to repeatedly ask for the password. When I entered the correct password, the screen went black and asked for the password again. The problem was an error in the ~/.profile file. To log into the Ubuntu terminal…
DevOps Engineering part 1. (Ubuntu) – Install the DevOps development tools on Ubuntu
DevOps Software installation on Ubuntu There are multiple ways to install software on Ubuntu Install a .deb package from the local drive with dpkg Install the software from the internet with apt Show hidden files To be able to see hidden files in Files…
Configure the Ubuntu virtual machine in VirtualBox
Enable shared folders on the virtual machines To be able to use shared folders between the host ( your workstation ) and the virtual machine. Start the Ubuntu virtual machine in Virtual Box, Select the virtual machine window on your workstation, In…
Configure the Windows virtual machine in VirtualBox
Enable shared folders on the virtual machine To be able to use shared folders between the host ( your workstation ) and the Windows virtual machine. Start the Windows virtual machine in VirtualBox, Select the virtual machine window on your workstation,…