Matthew Smith (Blog)

How to set up WordPress in Docker

Matthew Smith — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:26:00 GMT

A few months back, I realized I had done everything I wanted to do with my VPS server. I've had WordPress working for years, I've set up my own online radio station, I've hosted games and voice chat services, and I even have a stupid website about a horse that doesn't even exist! More on that another day... Maybe. But probably not.

Well anyway, here I was in this horrible dilemma; wanting desperately to do something interesting but finding nothing at all to fill my time. Until...

Me: "I've really been looking for something to do with my VPS. Any ideas?" Friend: "Well, you could always do some messing around with Docker. Try selfhosting something." Me: "Docker? I've heard of that but I have no idea what it is or how it works"

So he proceeded to explain it and it seemed rather interesting to me. I knew at this point what my next project was going to be. After a few hours of googling and messing around with things, I'd figured it out. So here's how to set up WordPress in Docker.

Different Ways To Access Azuracast Over The Internet: Reverse Proxies, CloudFlare Tunnels Or Straight Up Docker?

Matthew Smith — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:30:00 GMT

Since I started hosting my own instance of Azuracast a year or two ago, I've tried a wide variety of setups, attempting to get things configured just like I want them. In doing this, I've learned quite a lot about networking and reverse proxies in particular. I've created this post to share some of that knowledge with you in a simple and to the point manner.

How to Reenable the Higher Quality Siri Voices on iOS 17 for Voiceover

Matthew Smith — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 03:51:00 GMT

After joining the iOS 17 beta programs this last June, I noticed that the voice I was using for Voice over had changed. Although it was technically the same voice, the file size of the voice was a tenth or less of what it was before, and with that size deflation also came a rather drastic change in the quality of the voice. It had gone from clear and easily understandable to sounding like a drunk; cutting off bits of words and slurring at higher rates of speech.

This was unacceptable. Browsing through social media with this voice was an awful experience, and so rather than stick with that voice I switched to another... Until today.

How to Install WordPress on Debian

Matthew Smith — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:41:00 GMT

In this article, I'll show you how to install MariaDB and PHP, as well as wordpress. In my last article, I walked you through the process of installing Nginx as well as certbot to get your website off the ground. If you haven't set up Nginx or Certbot, and you want to set up wordpress, you should go back to that article and follow those instructions by clicking here, since this article assumes you've just completed all the steps laid out there.

How to set up a Simple Website using Nginx and Letsencrypt on Debian

Matthew Smith — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:55:59 GMT

In this tutorial, I'll be explaining how to set up Nginx's latest mainline version as well as Letsencrypt Certbot on Debian 11.

This is something a few friends and I have been needing to do recently, and I wanted to make sure there was an easy to understand resource to go through the setup as it isn't as easy as simply running sudo apt install nginx.

How to install Resilio Sync on Debian

Matthew Smith — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 02:29:00 GMT

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Resilio Sync on Debian 11. This should work for any debian based operating system, such as Ubuntu as well.

A lot of people I know have been having trouble installing resilio sync, especially for the first time. The article here works pretty well if you sorta understand what you're doing, however if you're not quite sure its a completely different story. This article should serve as a more simple explanation of how to get everything set up and working properly

Apple Airpods Pro, My Review

Matthew Smith — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:00:10 GMT

A few weeks ago, my friend who happens to be decent at recommendations for headphones and things of that sort said to me that I should consider getting Apple Airpods Pro as my Raycon E55's are getting a little older. Three years of every-day usage really tends to be able to wear most pieces of technology out, and so I said that I'd give them a look. So now that Christmas is over and I've had the headphones for about a week and a half, I figured I'd throw out a bit of my opinion on them.