Recovering MySQL DataBases on AWS instance after an unexpected server crash and without backups

Its possible that an AWS instance can run into various issues of unexpected crashes or can even be a case where you lost connectivity to your instance possibly due to network/firewall issue at AWS level or within your instance.  In either of these cases, you’d have no choice than to re-configure your solution on a new instances.  However, you will not have even an option to backup your MySQL DB that is running on the instance that is inaccessible. If you have planned good and configured your WAMP solution in a way that MySQL DB Data files are relocated to […]

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Fix: HTTP Error 500.0 – Internal Server Error: Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter "c:\inetpub\scripts\WebCatalogEngine\$WebCat.dll" failed

Error: HTTP Error 500.0 – Internal Server Error Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter “c:\inetpub\scripts\WebCatalogEngine\$WebCat.dll” failed Detailed Error Information Module IIS Web Core Notification Unknown Handler ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit Error Code 0x800700c1 Requested URL http://www.psp.com/ Physical Path C:\PSP Logon Method Not yet determined Logon User Not yet determined Most likely causes: IIS received the request; however, an internal error occurred during the processing of the request. The root cause of this error depends on which module handles the request and what was happening in the worker process when this error occurred. IIS was not able to access the web.config file for the Web […]

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Hiding -or- Removing IIS Server Details from its HTTP Headers using URL Rewrite feature in IIS 8

Hiding -or- Removing IIS Server Details from its HTTP Headers using URL Rewrite feature in IIS 8 As we always prefer avoiding information disclosure unless it’s needed, following the same keeps your web resources as well secure.  Here is to prevent disclosure of your IIS web server details in the form of web request/http headers. Environment: You have built a website (www.hideheaders.com ) that is hosted on IIS8 running on Windows Server 2012. When you inspect the web page requests you notice that your web server details are being presented to the end users on web  page in their header […]

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