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Setting up a SSL Cert from Comodo

I use Namecheap.com as a registrar, and they resale SSL Certs from a number of other companies, including Comodo.

These are the steps I went through to set up an SSL cert.

Purchase the cert

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.9 Mavericks running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install.

Install Software

The software selected is software that is "tried and true" --- software I need after any fresh install. I often install other software not listed here, but is handled in a case-by-case basis.

Install from App Store

Setup

git clone <repo>

clone the repository specified by ; this is similar to "checkout" in some other version control systems such as Subversion and CVS

Add colors to your ~/.gitconfig file:

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	require "webrick"

	=begin
	WEBrick is a Ruby library that makes it easy to build an HTTP server with Ruby.
	It comes with most installations of Ruby by default (it’s part of the standard library),
	so you can usually create a basic web/HTTP server with only several lines of code.

	The following code creates a generic WEBrick server on the local machine on port 1234,

	require 'mina/bundler'
	require 'mina/rails'
	require 'mina/git'
	require 'mina/rvm'

	# Usually mina focuses on deploying to one host and the deploy options are therefore simple.
	# In our case, there is a number of possible servers to deploy to, it is therefore necessary to
	# specify the host that we are targeting.
	server = ENV['server']
	# Since the same host can have multiple applications running in parallel, it is necessary to

	### USAGE
	###
	### ./ElasticSearch.sh 1.5.0 will install Elasticsearch 1.5.0
	### ./ElasticSearch.sh 1.4.4 will install Elasticsearch 1.4.4
	### ./ElasticSearch.sh will fail because no version was specified (exit code 1)
	###
	### CLI options Contributed by @janpieper
	### Check http://www.elasticsearch.org/download/ for latest version of ElasticSearch

	### ElasticSearch version