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Upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 & PHP 7.4 to 8.1 for WordPress

Upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 & PHP 7.4 to 8.1 for WordPress

This post describes how I upgraded our webserver running WordPress on Apache from Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS to 22.04.1 LTS. Please see this article for more information on the server’s original installation and configuration.

Upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 & PHP 7.0 to 7.2 for WordPress

This post describes how I upgraded our webserver running WordPress on Apache from Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS to 18.04.1 LTS. Please see this article for more information on the server’s installation and configuration.

Enabling HTTP/2 in Apache on Ubuntu 18.04

Enabling HTTP/2 in Apache on Ubuntu 18.04

A number of requirements must be met before HTTP/2 can be enabled for a website. This is a compilation of steps I went through to get HTTP/2 working on our Apache web server hosting WordPress sites.

Upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 & PHP 5.6 to 7 for WordPress

Upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 & PHP 5.6 to 7 for WordPress

This post describes how I upgraded our webserver running WordPress on Apache from Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS to 16.04.1 LTS. Please see this article for more information on the server’s installation and configuration.

Faster Trimming & Compacting of Hyper-V Ubuntu VMs

Faster Trimming & Compacting of Hyper-V Ubuntu VMs

A while ago I described how to compact an Ubuntu VHDX running on Hyper-V using the sfill command. Running sfill, however, can take hours. Luckily, there is a much faster alternative.

Virtualization & Containers

My Beautifully Fast WordPress Webserver

My Beautifully Fast WordPress Webserver

Note: The installation described in this article worked very well for me. However, nine years after publishing this post I replaced this setup with a more modern dockerized installation that is easier to maintain. PHP upgrades, especially, are a lot simpler.