Category: HowTo

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A slightly more secure Docker-first solution to running NGINX as a reverse proxy with automatlically updated Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates using nginx, acme-companion and docker-gen

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Introduction In a previous blog post, I a to run nginx as a reverse proxy, with automatically updated Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates that is entirely depends on several Docker images that were originally developed by Jason Wilder, eliminating the need for the shell scripts and the cron job. The solution uses a nginx-proxy Docker container […]

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Resizing all pages in a multi-page PDF document to A4 size with ImageMagick

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While many iPhone users regularly utilize the Notes app for jotting down ideas or making lists, fewer are aware of its powerful document scanning capabilities. This feature allows you to use your iPhone camera to scan documents, automatically detecting edges and transforming images into clean, rectangular forms akin to a traditional scanner’s output. However, those […]

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Rocket.Chat Webhooks Processing Slack Formatted Requests

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Rocket.Chat is an open-source communication platform offering a plethora of features, including persistent chat rooms (channels) organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging. It is a serious open-source alternative to Slack. Many organizations and businesses choose Rocket.Chat for the control that self-hosting provides, as well as for its privacy and security benefits. Over the […]

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Introducing pytest-minio-mock

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As head of engineering professionally and as a contributor to Open Source projects, I am involved in several WebApp projects, where I put a large emphasis on code quality, smooth CI/CD pipelines as part of my dedication to DevOps principles. Some of the projects involves interactions with S3 storage via the Minio package for python. […]

Setting up SAML for Odoo with Google Workspace

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Many companies and organisation uses Google Workspace as the provider of their productivity and collaboration apps. The Gmail webmail service, Google drive, Google Documents, Google Meet, The calendar and many other apps are simple great tools for small and medium-sized organisations. Odoo is an open-source suite of business applications that assists companies in managing various […]

YAML Files – Formatting Long Strings

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Keep the Yaml files in your project tidy is useful. Not only it improves code readability but also helps avoiding misunderstanding and bugs. Luckily there are many tools available that helps with “linting” and formatting yaml file, I introduced two of those tools in an earlier blog post titled: YAML Files – Linting and Formatting. […]