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@mlconnor
mlconnor / elastic_beanstalk_external_sessions.md
Created October 17, 2014 20:26
Analaysis and recommendation for externalizing session in Elastic Beanstalk using Tomcat and memcached.

Session Management in an Autoscaling Environment

Problem Statement

User sessions in J2EE and LAMP stacks have traditionally been handled in memory by the application server handling the user request. Because of that, load balancers have been configured to use sticky sessions. By sticky sessions we mean that once the user has visited the site, they will be assigned an app server and will return to that server for subsequent requests. The load balancers typically handle that by referencing the users session cookie.

Elastic cloud environments differ from traditional server configurations in that they have a variable number of servers based on traffic loads whereas traditional configurations had a fixed number of servers. When traffic volumes decline it is necessary to vaporize servers. In doing so, we would lose user sessions (essentially forcing a logout) unless we come up with a new strategy for session management.

A new approach

After much research, it is clear that the best

@bastianallgeier
bastianallgeier / controllers--contact.php
Created October 1, 2014 19:36
Plain contactform example for Kirby 2
<?php
return function($site, $pages, $page) {
$alert = null;
if(get('submit')) {
$data = array(
'name' => get('name'),
@bastianallgeier
bastianallgeier / kirby2.md
Last active March 8, 2025 14:49
An overview of changes and new features for Kirby 2 – Toolkit, CMS and Panel (work in progress)

I've moved this doc to:

@nils-werner
nils-werner / sections.php
Last active August 29, 2015 13:57
Kirby snippet sections
<?php
/*
* Snippet Templates
*
* A plugin to inject sections into snippets
*
* Sample Usage:
*
* In your snippet:
@tureki
tureki / lsyncd.conf
Created March 12, 2014 11:55
AWS EC2 lsyncd install and basic rsync setting
----
-- User configuration file for lsyncd.
--
-- Simple example for default rsync, but executing moves through on the target.
--
-- For more examples, see /usr/share/doc/lsyncd*/examples/
--
-- sync{default.rsyncssh, source="/var/www/html", host="localhost", targetdir="/tmp/htmlcopy/"}
settings {
@stephenhardy
stephenhardy / git-clearHistory
Created April 26, 2013 22:14
Steps to clear out the history of a git/github repository
-- Remove the history from
rm -rf .git
-- recreate the repos from the current content only
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
-- push to the github remote repos ensuring you overwrite history
git remote add origin [email protected]:<YOUR ACCOUNT>/<YOUR REPOS>.git
@adamloving
adamloving / temporary-email-address-domains
Last active October 9, 2025 06:47
A list of domains for disposable and temporary email addresses. Useful for filtering your email list to increase open rates (sending email to these domains likely will not be opened).
0-mail.com
0815.ru
0clickemail.com
0wnd.net
0wnd.org
10minutemail.com
20minutemail.com
2prong.com
30minutemail.com
3d-painting.com
@sekati
sekati / xcode-build-bump.sh
Created July 24, 2012 20:44
Xcode Auto-increment Build & Version Numbers
# xcode-build-bump.sh
# @desc Auto-increment the build number every time the project is run.
# @usage
# 1. Select: your Target in Xcode
# 2. Select: Build Phases Tab
# 3. Select: Add Build Phase -> Add Run Script
# 4. Paste code below in to new "Run Script" section
# 5. Drag the "Run Script" below "Link Binaries With Libraries"
# 6. Insure that your starting build number is set to a whole integer and not a float (e.g. 1, not 1.0)
@pitch-gist
pitch-gist / gist:2999707
Created June 26, 2012 22:21
HTML: Simple Maintenance Page
<!doctype html>
<title>Site Maintenance</title>
<style>
body { text-align: center; padding: 150px; }
h1 { font-size: 50px; }
body { font: 20px Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #333; }
article { display: block; text-align: left; width: 650px; margin: 0 auto; }
a { color: #dc8100; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { color: #333; text-decoration: none; }
</style>
@jeremysuriel
jeremysuriel / desk-oauth-example-single.php
Created May 1, 2012 01:05
Desk.com Single Access Token API - PHP Example
<?php
//
// Desk.com Single Access Token API Example
//
// 1) Copy this file to the root of your webserver and change the $my_desk_url variable to point to your desk.com hostname
// 2) Go to https://[yoursite].desk.com/admin/settings/api-applications and create an API Application
// 3) Copy the consumer key & secret on the listing page after you create your API Application
// 4) Click the "Your Access Token" link to get your single access token & secret
// 5) Copy your single access token & secret and paste it into the appropriate variable in this file
//