TLDR – If you don’t care about following along with the guide, you can find all the code here. Though I’d recommend reading below to see how everything works together. As of this writing, Plaid has SDKs for Node, Python, Ruby, Java, and Go, but no such (official) library exists for PHP. In my opinion, … Continue reading How to Setup and Configure Plaid in PHP or Laravel →

I had an issue with one of my staging servers on Digital Ocean, running Ubuntu 20.04. CPU utilization was at 100% for a couple of hours, and I knew something had to be up. Upon further investigation, I found that 100% of my CPU was being utilized by a process called “kdevtmpfsi”. After some Googling, … Continue reading How to Permanently Kill and Remove kdevtmpfsi or kinsing →

Are A2 Hosting Turbo Servers worth it? I run a reseller web hosting business as a side hustle. You can read about that here, or get my free mini-course here on how I do that, if you’re interested. I’ve been doing this for a number of years now, and so far, it’s created a fairly … Continue reading Are A2 Hosting Turbo Servers Worth It? →

I built a playlist on YouTube, talking about how I earn passive income by selling hosting accounts via a Reseller. Right now, a couple thousand dollars per month passively. To my surprise, that playlist has blown up, and many people have found it incredibly useful. However, one of the most frequent questions I get is … Continue reading How to Automate cPanel Backups in WHM →

Edit: This became such a popular article, that I decided to create a completely free mini-course, talking about how I do it. You can watch that here, if you’d like, instead of reading. Edit 2 – 10/25/22: Since this article was written (over 2.5 years ago), this side hustle has increased from $700/mo to $3,700 … Continue reading How I Make Over $3700/month in Passive Income with Reseller Web Hosting →

I found myself needing to install Nagios on Ubuntu Linux. Sadly, most of the guides I was attempting to follow online were somewhat dated and/or lacking. So why not create the walk-through here myself to potentially help others as well? For the purpose of this guide, I’m assuming you have a blank/clean Ubuntu Linux box. … Continue reading How to Install Nagios 4 on Ubuntu Linux →

AD LDS stands for “Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.” If you’re not familiar with this, it’s basically a simple way to provide an authentication system for an application via LDAP, but without all the bells and whistles of a full blown Active Directory configuration. In the past 6 months, I’ve had to migrate three different … Continue reading How to Migrate an AD LDS Instance →

I had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to install MongoDB silently via the command line in Windows server. Although the Mongo documentation is thorough, the exact commands listed didn’t work for me out of the box. Keep in mind that these commands work best using the standard cmd shell, and … Continue reading How to install MongoDB silently on Windows Server 2016 →