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Using WSL to get a better terminal and run Linux programs under Windows

Published:  24/04/2020 11:50
If you too use the terminal and Microsoft Windows every day and would like to explore different options than rusty cmd.exe or Powershell, we have a few suggestions including using the recent Windows Susbsystem for Linux (WSL).

Kubernetes bare metal deployment with kubeadm - Refresh 2020

Published:  29/05/2020 12:00
Our original bare-metal Kubernetes deployment article is the one with the most regular views on this blog so we thought it would be nice to refresh it for the current K8S version.

Kubernetes nginx-ingress — Setting max upload size

Published:  03/08/2020 10:10
The Nginx Ingress server has a default allowed request body size that is quite low to avoid voluntary or involuntary DOS attacks. Here's how to set it per Ingress resource.

Security: Blocking web access to source control directories

Published:  24/09/2020 13:44
We'd just like to raise awareness around publicly (usually involuntarily) exposing .git or .svn folders over the public Internet and why you should avoid it.

HTTP Cross-site request & scripting mitigation headers

Published:  16/10/2020 12:00
Web browsers are enforcing quite a few HTTP headers related security rules and it's sometimes unclear how they work and which ones to implement on your server-side applications. Here is a quick round up.

Isolated SFTP server using Docker

Published:  21/12/2020 16:30
An easy and secure replacement for what used to be done using FTP servers.