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Configure SSH2 Access for Updating WordPress

May 3, 2012

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms on the Internet. One of the first things I do when I setup a new WordPress installation is harden it. You can read about a number of my suggestions in the article Secure Your WordPress Installation. However, one of the more complex activities I undertake is [...]

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MySQL Database Replication over an SSH Tunnel

February 13, 2011

SSH Tunnel Setup Create an SSH key (Version 2) to allow passwordless replication: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa Copy the SSH key to the Master (assumes same user account on Master and Slave): $ ssh-copy-id master.machine.dom Setup the SSH Tunnel from the Slave to the Master on Slave Port 3305: $ ssh -f master.machine.dom -L 3305:127.0.0.1:3306 [...]

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