Nginx is designed for very efficient serving of static files. This means that trying to use a dynamic scripting language such as PHP requires a bit of extra work compared to say an Apache installation. This post documents how I’ve set up my Linode with Nginx and PHP using the PHP-FPM extension. Continue reading »

Last weekend, spurred on by a geeky Saturday spent revising Computer Science with @Rice, I decided to take the plunge and set-up a VPS with Linode. It’s been a fun and interesting experience and one I thought would be worth sharing. Continue reading »