Alex Gallacher

Hi, I'm Alex Gallacher, I write this blog, Create online courses and i'm a Manager at Deloitte Australia. I'm an Okta qualified Consultant and Scrum Master currently based out of Melbourne, Australia
Melbourme, Australia 13 posts
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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 diskspace on your VPS

Alex Gallacher

14 Mar 2021
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3 min read

HowTo
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
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3 min read

HowTo
How to setup NGINX Alpine to serve lightweight static files and static websites 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
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4 min read

Identity & Access Management
What is UEBA and Continuous Authentication; and do I need a Password Manager?
Gain an understanding of what UEBA and Continuous authentication is and how we're starting to use it in the identity industry to protect you and i answer the question of needing a password manager

Alex Gallacher

17 May 2020
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5 min read

HowTo
How to Setup A Ghost blog using MariaDB with NGINX and Lets Encrypt on Docker Compose
Learn how to setup 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
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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 setup a 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
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5 min read

HowTo
How to choose and setup A VPS with Docker and Docker Compose for a 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
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3 min read

HowTo
How to setup and run your blog like mine with Ghost, Nginx, LetsEncrypt using Docker & Docker Compose
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
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1 min read

HowTo
How to setup and deploy Riskquant on Docker to quantify and prioritise risk in your business [Riskquant Part-2]
How to setup and deploy Riskquant on Docker using a Vultr VPS

Alex Gallacher

20 Apr 2020
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3 min read

Cyber Security
Quantifying and Prioritising Cyber Risk in Enterprises - is it ever enough? [Riskquant Part-1]
Quantifying and prioritising cyber risk is a difficult and expensive task that enterprises get wrong more often than right. What alternatives methods are there?

Alex Gallacher

20 Apr 2020
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7 min read

Identity & Access Management
Okta named leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Access Management 2019 for the 3rd Consecutive Year
Okta's Still Gaining Momentum with over 6,550 organisations all across the globe utilising Okta to securely connect people to the right technologies for their business. Okta is still clearly well positioned to maintain market dominance in the years to come

Alex Gallacher

18 Aug 2019
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3 min read

Conferences
Here's My 5 Key Takeaways From #Oktane19 In San Francisco This Year
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
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8 min read

Conferences
I'm Jetting Off To Oktane19 In San Francisco
I'm @Melbourne Airport just before my flight departs and thought i would write a quick cover for the upcoming trip that i'll be blogging about in the next couple of days!Massive shout out and my thanks to @Deloitte for sponsoring this trip for me!

Alex Gallacher

30 Mar 2019
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1 min read