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Finishing projects

Just like many technical enthusiasts, I have racked up my fair amount of unfinished projects and a mountain of new ideas to add to that already pretty stash. I mean.. So many things are just very appealing at the start. They all scratch itches that have been building up (for

Cluster logos with locks attached

Securing Nomad, Consul and Gluster

Part 6 of Avoiding the Cloud series: From a default install to a secure cluster

Image showing cluster nodes with DNA helix next to them

Adding Redundancy to Consul, Nomad and Gluster

Part 5 of Avoiding the Cloud series: How to go from a single node to redundancy for each node type of the cluster

Split view of three dashboard views of Nomad, Cluster and Traefik

Getting Traefik, Health checks and Dashboards on a Nomad Cluster

Part 4 of Avoiding the Cloud series: Step by step guide on how to get Traefik, whoami, Consul and Nomad working together

Logos of Nomad, Consul and Docker

Provisioning Consul, Nomad and Gluster with SaltStack

Part 3 of Avoiding the Cloud series: An extensive walkthrough on creating the correct Salt State files to provision Consul, Nomad and Gluster using Saltstack

Reproducibly provisioning Salt Minions on TransIP with Cloudinit

Reproducibly provisioning Salt Minions on TransIP with Cloudinit

Part 2 of Avoiding the Cloud Series: Step-by-step instructions on using Cloudinit to create the same Salt Minion image every time

Building a Docker cluster with Nomad, Consul and SaltStack on TransIP

Building a Docker cluster with Nomad, Consul and SaltStack on TransIP

Part 1 of Avoiding the Cloud series: An in-depth series on how to deploy a Docker cluster based on Nomad, Consul, SaltStack and GlusterFS to a non-standard provider like TransIP

Using AppleScript to save attachments in Outlook for Mac OS

Using AppleScript to save attachments in Outlook for Mac OS

Breaking the sandbox: Step by step instructions for using Applescript on Mac OS X to save attachments from Microsoft Outlook to a folder of choice.

Deploying RocketChat using Docker Compose on Ubuntu 18.04

Deploying RocketChat using Docker Compose on Ubuntu 18.04

Step by step instructions for installation, config and deployment of RocketChat using Docker Compose on TransIP with Ubuntu 18.04.

A locked tomb on a gloomy graveyard

How to use Tomb to Store Secrets

Burying the truth: Step by step instructions for using and understanding the Tomb script from dyne.org on Ubuntu to covertly and securely store secret data in an encrypted tomb.

How to auto deploy Hugo website on Plesk Onyx

How to auto deploy Hugo website on Plesk Onyx

Guide on how to set up auto-deploying static Hugo websites using Plesk Onyx on a TransIP BladeVPS and Github with support for themes as git submodules.

Getting a full offline travel copy using wget on Mac OS

Getting a full offline travel copy using wget on Mac OS

Guide for using the standard wget to download a full offline archive for a website on Mac OS X High Sierra. Includes a description of all arguments used.

Pepper helps with automation

Attach Files to a new Outlook 2016 message in Mac OS (High) Sierra or Mojave

Step by step instructions for using Applescript on Mac OS X High Sierra and Mojave to easily attach files to a new e-mail message in Outlook 2016 from a Finder window.