NetSuite tokenPassport Generator

If you need to test the NetSuite SOAP API (SuiteCloud) with tools like SOAPUI you might need a quick way to generate the tokenPassport node:

The lean http to https redirection in IIS

The leanest way to run a secure website from IIS is to serve just one application. If you can live with that, then redirecting HTTP to HTTPS traffic should not be as painful:

1. Add IIS Redirect Module: Server Manager | Roles Summary | Add Roles | Web Server - Common HTTP Features - HTTP Redirection
2. Redirect http to https: IIS Manager | Select server node | Bindings | Remove port 80 binding | Default Web Site node | Bindings | Set just port 80 binding | HTTP Redirect | Redirect to a specific https:// destination | Status code =Found (302)

I prefer to use the "Found" (302 option) rather than "Permanent" (301 option) just in case I want to change my domains in the future.

Simplicity rules.

lxde logout button not working

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lxsession-logout

What is my IP from *nix

Just for my own reminder:

dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com

Test your SSL certificate before deploying into Apache

Put key, cert and CA in a directory. Confirm the below outputs no errors and ends in ‘ACCEPT’:

site=sample.com
cacert=GeoTrust_CA_Bundle.crt
openssl s_server -accept 9090 -www \
  -cert ${site}.crt -key ${site}.key \
  -CAfile $cacert

Change User Agent in Chrome 53

]Right click | Inspect | Vertical three dots menu | More Tools | Network Conditions:
Thanks to Williams Medina for pointing this out.

Stop Apache from rendering icons README file

If you try to access /icons/README or /icons/README.html from your domain and you get a page with content, then you know apache is running on the server side and exposing some default content. How bad is that? Probably not big deal but its removal is mandatory when it comes to hardening apache for most situations. Better not to give the public any chance to access a resource that should not be exposed. You can correct this with s simple POB recipe: