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How to setup Let's Encrypt for Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 (including IPv6, HTTP/2 and A+ SLL rating)

Virtual hosts

Let's say you want to host domains first.com and second.com.

Create folders for their files:

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

How to setup your own CA with OpenSSL

For educational reasons I've decided to create my own CA. Here is what I learned.

First things first

Lets get some context first.

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intellij javascript live templates

Just a dump of handy live templates I use with IntelliJ. They should also work with WebStorm.

How to

Go to settings.
Search for live templates.
Under the javascript section you should be able to manage your templates.

	0. After a fresh install

	# aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade && reboot

	1. Install necessary packages for building Strongswan (may vary depending on your configure options, configure script will tell you)

	# aptitude install build-essential libgmp-dev libunbound-dev libldns-dev

	2. Get, check, and unpack the sources

	auth = "plain[/etc/ocserv/ocpasswd]"
	max-clients = 16
	max-same-clients = 5
	tcp-port = 443
	udp-port = 443
	keepalive = 32400
	dpd = 90
	mobile-dpd = 1800
	try-mtu-discovery = true
	server-cert = /etc/ssl/certs/server-cert.pem

	/*
	* I add this to html files generated with pandoc.
	*/

	html {
	font-size: 100%;
	overflow-y: scroll;
	-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
	-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
	}