Howto Self Host Gitlab on Docker with Cloudflare Zero Trust Learn how to self-host Gitlab on your own private VPS using Docker and Docker Compose. Configuring Cloudflared and protecting your Gitlab instance using Cloudflare Access on Cloudflare's Zero Trust platform Alex Gallacher 12 Mar 2022 · 8 min read ·
Howto How to configure Cloudflare Tunnels for a secure Ghost blog Use Cloudflared Tunnels and Cloudflare Teams to protect a self hosted Ghost Blog or any application on the web running on your own server from bad bots on the internet. Alex Gallacher 18 Jan 2022 · 11 min read ·
Cloudflare What are Cloudflared Tunnels Learn how to use Cloudflare tunnels to protect your own web-based services and server from direct web attacks using Cloudflare's extensive network and protection mechanisms Alex Gallacher 20 Nov 2021 · 3 min read ·
Howto How to setup Comments using Commento on Docker Compose Learn how to setup Commento in Docker compose to self-host comments for your website or blog on your own VPS to ensure people can directly interact with you Alex Gallacher 21 Aug 2021 · 6 min read ·
Howto How to Prune Docker Images Automatically with a Daily Cron job Learn how to automatically prune unused Docker images, networks and volumes on a daily basis with a Cron job to ensure you never run out of disk space on your VPS Alex Gallacher 14 Mar 2021 · 3 min read ·
Docker Auto update Docker Containers by setting up Watchtower Learn how to automatically update all of your running Docker containers by setting up Watchtower with Docker Compose on Docker. Alex Gallacher 13 Mar 2021 · 4 min read ·
Howto How to Setup NGINX Alpine for Lightweight Static Files on Docker Learn how to setup a lightweight NGINX-Alpine docker container to serve static files and static websites using your own domain name on Docker Compose Alex Gallacher 31 Jan 2021 · 4 min read ·
Howto How To Setup A Ghost blog Using MariaDB with NGINX SSL on Docker Learn how to set up your own Ghost blog with Maria Database on Docker Compose using NGINX and lets Encrypt for Traffic forwarding and Domain Certificate generation Alex Gallacher 17 May 2020 · 5 min read ·
Howto How to setup NGINX reverse proxy with automatic Lets Encrypt SSL Certificate Generation on Docker for a Ghost blog Learn how to set up an NGINX Reverse Proxy with automatic Letsencrypt Certificate Generation for your own Ghost blog using your own domain name using Docker Compose Alex Gallacher 17 May 2020 · 5 min read ·
Howto How To Setup Docker and Docker Compose for Ghost Blog Work out how to select a relatively inexpensive VPS to host your own blog like mine by learning how to install and leverage Docker and Docker Compose Alex Gallacher 17 May 2020 · 3 min read ·
Howto How To Create Your Own Self Hosted Ghost Blog with Docker Host your own blog in 2021 like me with Docker and Docker Compose using Ghost, NGINX and Letsencrypt. find out about day 2 functionality such as comments, Cloudflare and Automatic updates Alex Gallacher 17 May 2020 · 1 min read ·
Howto How to Deploy Riskquant on Docker to Prioritise Business Risk How to setup and deploy Riskquant on Docker using a Vultr VPS Alex Gallacher 20 Apr 2020 · 3 min read ·
Howto Use Riskquant to Quantify & Prioritise Cyber Risk Quantifying and prioritising cyber risk is a difficult and expensive task that enterprises get wrong more often than right. What alternative methods are there? Alex Gallacher 20 Apr 2020 · 6 min read ·
Conferences Here's My 5 Key Takeaways From #Oktane19 In San Francisco for 2019 What a week and what an experience in San Francisco for their yearly #Oktane conference which was jam-packed with events over 3 days. A special thanks to @Deloitte for sending me over with the wider identity team from Melbourne and Sydney and @Okta. Here's my take on #Oktane19 and key points Alex Gallacher 15 Apr 2019 · 8 min read ·