With the new linux kernel out, Linux Kernel 5.8 to be precise, I thought I would give it a try. I had read online that Kernel 5.7 could fix the brightness issue on HP Envy laptops so the release timing for 5.8 couldn’t have been any better. For Ubuntu, you should grab the kernel files […]
Read more "Ubuntu 20.04 – Installing Linux Kernel 5.8"Recently my widlcard SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt expired and I renewed the certificates manually. This involved running certbot locally and completing the dns challenges which involves setting up TXT records in your DNS records. Though this isn’t a big task to be done every 3 months, I think it would be great to be […]
Read more "Renewing LetsEncrypt wildcard SSL certificate with ACME-DNS"When there is a requirement to allow multiple request origins, you can do it with the following configuration: SetEnvIfNoCase Origin “https?:\/\/(dev|staging|game|mail)?(.domain.com)(:\d+)?$” ACAO=$0Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Origin %{ACAO}e env=ACAO This needs to go inside the Directory directive in the apache configuration file. With the snippet above, you will be able to allow requests from the following domains […]
Read more "CORS – Set Access-Control-Allow-Origin for multiple domains"Just a few days ago, I was working on an applicaiton which needed to make Cross Origin request to a rails application. This applicaiton was being served by Passenger on Apache server. In front of the application server sits a public facing Apache server where the Load Balancing happens. A custom javascript app deployed at […]
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