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How to install aws-cli and configure it with AWS_SECRET_KEY for the first time

How to install aws-cli and configure it with AWS_SECRET_KEY for the first time

Let’s say you have an account in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and got some instance running under an Elastic Container Services (ECS).You had it running OK, until suddenly got the bills charging for the CloudWatch usage.You go in the AWS console and checked the way to disable the Container Insight for the running ECS, and found out there is no button for that.And need to use aws-cli command as below…

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How to setup wordpress with auto-scaling enabled using AWS infrastructure

How to setup wordpress with auto-scaling enabled using AWS infrastructure

I came across the following idea recently. How to setup and host wordpress website using one of auto-scaling infrastructure provided in Amazon Web Services. Which can be described as below:

It called Elastic Cluster Services (ECS) which come with the Task Definition and Services setting then can be setup to has some part exposed to outside world via Application Load Balancer (ALB). The database is…

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Happy Malaysia Day 2020!

Happy Malaysia Day 2020!

Happy Malaysia Day !

Today is 16 September 2020.

We are still in the middle of Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) which is has been extended to 31st December 2020. It meant will be only might be fully lifted next year, 2021.

Take care everyone!

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The performance monitoring tool - newrelic

The performance monitoring tool – newrelic

I come across an useful tool to monitoring web application performance — newrelic.com

It come very handy to find the root cause for the bottleneck issue in one of our PHP application. I managed to pinpoint where exactly the root cause of the problem from the useful graph of the newrelic dashboard.

If you are familiar with xdebug tool which can be used to drill down the function being called that…

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The add new post and edit post have been blank after update to wordpress 5.0

The add new post and edit post have been blank after update to wordpress 5.0

My edit post and add new post has been a blank page. I could not even publish any of the previous post draft.

After a google search, the solutions is to install back the classic editor. I guess the Guttenberg editor maybe not compatible with the updates.

Weird though, how can it pass and installed the update.

anyway, the solution for this issue is :

Go to the “Plugins” > Add new >

Install the…

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Covid19 and its update in Malaysia

Covid19 and its update in Malaysia

We started the MCO movement control order since March 2020. As of today we are at RMCO – Recovery Movement Control Order. And it is expected to be ended at 31st August 2020. However, there are still new cases reported daily. And this is quite worrying as the Prime Minister will announce the status only by this week. Some might feel safer to extend the RMCO instead of easing the restriction, especially…

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Docker-compose for joomla development with mysql and redis

Docker-compose for joomla development with mysql and redis

Let’s say you just want to have Joomla with its Mysql and also redis infrastructure ready. And don’t want to bother setting it up manually for each services.

Just make a docker-compose.yaml with the following content and then start it up.

version: '3.1' services: web: image: joomla restart: always links: - db:mysql - redis:cache ports: - "80:80" volumes: - "./html:/var/www/html" -…

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How to customise your terminal to zsh with its useful theme and plugins

How to customise your terminal to zsh with its useful theme and plugins

I come across the zsh terminal after an upgrade of MacOS to Catalina recently. Where it suggest me to use zsh as default terminal instead of bash. After searching around about zsh, I found there is a useful plugins and very nice themes. I was always wondering how to get the customised console display for dev environment where I can easily know which branch I am currently in. And possibly few other…

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Getting dockers with local AWS services

Getting dockers with local AWS services

In development environment you might want to test the integration between your code and some endpoint of the AWS services. But to the cost, you might want to find a cheaper alternative instead of setting up the replica of the production infrastructure just for the development purpose. (Well, if the cost is not an issue for you, then may be you not to read the remaining part. and do whatever you…

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Running amazonlinux image in docker and install php7.3 into its image

Running amazonlinux image in docker and install php7.3 into its image

First, grab docker image from docker hubs repository

docker pull amazonlinux

run and get into its bash :

docker run -it --rm amazonlinux /bin/bash

actually you can run have any other flavor as well, such as centos.

Then, once it is running, you can perform any package installation needed. i.e httpd and php7.3 for my case.

yum install httpd amazon-linux-extras install -y php7.3

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How to change permalink from postname to category/postname

I come across to have some changes of the permanent link on my blog.

The requirement for the URL change are simple: 1. must have category slug in the URL 2. the old existing URL will be able to be redirected to new one.

so, how to do it?

Firstly, just download the plugin to take care of the redirection of old postname only urnl to new one.

you can download it…

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4 Simple Basic Components of Online Marketing website

4 Simple Basic Components of Online Marketing website

I just recently made a  purchase for a marketing seminar that will be talking about Instagram marketing.

From what I observed, there are similar pattern exist in most online shop platform.

The following is what I found as its basic component:

  For example,

    Step1: Engaging Content:

the first email I received is started with following:

 Hai Namran, selamat pagi! Nak bagitau ni, pendaftaran…

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List of VisualStudio Code extension on my laptop

List of VisualStudio Code extension on my laptop

I have installed bunch of extension to make my life easier while writing or reading the code.

here is my list detail:

namran @ nb-namran.namran.com $ code code --list-extensions christian-kohler.npm-intellisense christian-kohler.path-intellisense dbaeumer.vscode-eslint donjayamanne.githistory dzannotti.vscode-babel-coloring eamodio.gitlens EditorConfig.EditorConfig eg2.vscode-npm-script emalli…

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You can always EDIT a bad page but you can never edit BLANK page

You can always EDIT a bad page but you can never edit BLANK page

so, must write first ugly draft and re-edit it again and again.

anyway just write it down. no matter how bad it would turn out to be.

  it just that sometimes, took too many shortcut and published the first ugly draft as final content.

haha

  Well, at this point of time, my office area are stil recovering from the haze. kid’s school session already resumed. hopefully getting better in next few…

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How to fix macbook retina early 2015 wont start

How to fix macbook retina early 2015 wont start

My macbook having some problem with its battery recently. And at some point it drained all the powers and I could even start it, although I connect it directly to chargers.

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So, after so much try to boot it up failed.

I found the following step able to make it start again.

  Firstly,my Mac notebook computers have a non-removable battery. It maybe applied to MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early…

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Touch N Go - rapidKL Cashless or Helpless?

Touch N Go – rapidKL Cashless or Helpless?

The bus services under RapidKL has been using Touch N Go , cashless method.

You can longer use cash to ride the bus.

Previously the fare was RM1 for local route.

There is no problem with that provided you have always bring along your Touch N Go.

Heck, you can even used your Identification Card (IC), which also have Touch N Go service enabled.

  one problem tough… with touch N Go,

you have to make…

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5 perkara yang membatalkan pahala puasa

5 perkara yang membatalkan pahala puasa

  Kata ustaz, berapa ramai antara kita yang berpuasa,tapi tidak mendapat apa-apa manfaat kecuali lapar dan dahaga.? Siapa kah mereka itu?

Sekali pun puasa itu adalah sah, namun ia tidak mendapat apa-apa manfaat kecuali lapar dan dahaga,

Terdapat 5 perkara yang membatalkan pahala puasa.

Ini adalah perkara yang patut kita elakkan selepas penat berpuasa.

Kadib – Menipu Berbicara dengan perkataan yang…

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