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Ubuntu 10.04 Server for Drupal - Part 1: SSH Lockdown

This is a step by step I used to set up SSH and lock down access on my Rackspace Cloud VPS running Ubuntu Server 10.04. There's a good chance this will work for other server providers and possibly other versions of Ubuntu. (But no guarantees.)
Disclaimer: This process worked for me, but it might not work for you. Be sure you understand what you're doing. You can lock yourself out of your server.

Git and Drupal: .gitignore refined

Since February when I shared my .gitignore file, I've refined it a bit. Here's the new version:
# Ignore configuration files that may contain sensitive information.sites/*/settings*.php

Lazy Man's Guide to Drupal DB Performance

Or... How I got my server to run OK without wasting too much time.

Database performance, whether in Drupal or any other platform is serious business. There's a lot of benchmarking, analyzing queries, forming hypotheses, making changes, benchmarking again... I've done it and it can take a team weeks to hit performance targets on a major enterprise application. Everyone wants a shortcut.