Adding Dotdeb to Debian 8

Sunday 21^st August 2016

Dotdeb is an extra repository for Debian that provides up-to-date packages for webservers. I provide a fast UK mirror of the repo. This article covers getting up and running in Debian 8.

After adding the Dotdeb repository you'll be able to install the latest versions of software such as: PHP 7.0, nginx 1.10 with HTTP/2, Redis 3.2, and more. PHP 7.0 is co-installable with PHP 5.6 from the official Debian repositories.

nginx with HTTP/2 and ALPN in Debian 8

Thursday 25^th August 2016 tutorial

Earlier this year Google broke HTTP/2 for nearly everyone by dropping support for NPN. Thankfully a version of nginx and the OpenSSL library can be installed from Debian Backports which support HTTP/2 and ALPN.