PROBLEM: I was seeing the following error when trying to do a plugin update, and an error in my WordPress logs: Update failed: 504 Gateway Timeout Gateway Timeout The gateway did not receive a timely response from the upstream server or application. [Tue Apr 11 22:12:01.373709 2023] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 26878] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: […]
Note that the network address for the destination is shown as IPv6! That is the root cause of the issue: 1. Sendmail is sending mail from the IPv6 address instead of the IPv4 address 2. Google rejects IPv6 senders without proper reverse […]
Ever get the spinning beachball when trying to access the top menu on your Mac? SOLUTIONS Use the GUI Open the Activity Monitor application Select All Processes from the View menu Click on the SystemUIServer process, then click Force Quit. ~or~ Via CLI In Terminal, execute killall SystemUIServer
There are times when the hackers slam my servers and the load gets too high. I use a very simple bash script as a cron job to monitor the load and take action when it gets too high. The script will stop httpd, sleep for a configurable period of time (currently 3 minutes), then start […]