Alex Gallacher

Doctor, Lawyer, Astronaut, CEO, Investment Banker, Crypto Entrepreneur. I'm none of these things, but I do write about Digital Identity & Cyber Security news, trends, experiences and how-to guides!

(London, United Kingdom) Previously (Melbourne, Australia) 14 posts

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 ·

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 ·

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 ·

Deploy Commento on to Docker using Docker-compose to add comments to blog post

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 ·

Using Docker Prune on Docker to remove unused or dangling images, containers and network adapters

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 ·

Deploying Watchtower to Docker using Docker-compose

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 ·

Setting up Static content hosting on Docker using Docker-compose with NGINX

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 ·

Setting up a Ghost blog using Docker and Docker Compose with NGINX, Let's Encrypt, Ghost and MariaDB

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 ·

Deploying Nginx, Let's Encrypt on Docker with Docker Compose for ghost blog

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 ·

Docker connecting multiple services together on a server

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 ·

Cables connecting docker services for ghost blog

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 ·

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 ·

Man balancing on tightrope balancing budget against organisational risk

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 ·

Okta's CEO Todd Mckinnon on stage at Oktane19

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 ·