Jānis Valters
System administrator / DevOps / Ethical Penetration tester
Category Archives: DevOps
Receive notifications from your Linux/Windows to your Smartphone with NTFY
Each day I’m managing Linux servers and at the same time I’m also doing a lot of experiments and cyber security scans, that take a long time to finish. But recently I have found a solution, that will let me know once the Long-Running Cyber Security Scan, Once the Linux server has finished the upgrade…
How to send SMS using 3G/4G Dongle and Docker
Imagine that you are a System Administrator or your business is communicating with clients daily, for example sending information about unpaid invoices or reminders that there is a new invoice. Or you want to inform clients by promoting new products or secure password resets 2FA. You can do that with a TEXT Message ( Known…
How to set up a GitLab Runner in Docker
This blog post is about how to set up your own GitLab Runner in a Docker system. If you don’t have your own GitLab yet, then I have already created a blog post, on how to set up your own GitLab in a Docker container the post you can find here Once we have a…
Digital workplace and at the same time your own test lab with Kasm solution
In 2019 COVID-19 shook the world and many companies to continue working started to work remotely. That was a challenging time as I remember that there was a problem to purchase enough laptops large ques to order them and a long wait time, therefore you needed a good communication with the suppliers to get around…
Docker MySQL container Setup and basic configuration
As we all know, there are several database engines, and some software, website CMS or systems require a specific database engine as its structure is based on that engine. Each database engine has different pluses and minuses, for example, Google to make their search faster uses MongoDB ( or as it is called NoSQL )….
How to set up Gitlab on a Docker and why do you need it?
People that work in the IT field already know, the benefits of Git, how it not only increases your workflow but also helps several teams and team members to work on one project at the same time. Thanks to GIT technology we can do a version controller and at the same time better and faster…
WHMCS In a Docker
Let’s start with a simple thing, what is WHCMS? In my view, WHCMS is a good automated hosting client control system, that can help you run your hosting business. With this tool, you can not only automate selling your shared hosting, VPS, domain, and other hosting services but also automate billing and support. This is…
Zabbix Monitoring system on Docker
If you have several servers that you manage or several websites, you would need to know what is happening with your server resources, is server accessible, is overloaded, or if your website responding to the correct response code. With Zabbix, you can monitor many interesting things and get many metrics that I will be talking…
Easily manage Docker containers ( Portainer )
Once we have set up a Docker ( if you aren’t then you can read here on how to ) there are 2 ways to manage your simple Docker system containers. Is the old-fashioned way, by using the Linux terminal. Is by using a web UI called Portainer, besides Portainer there are also other popular…
Docker Nginx reverse proxy and LE SSL
Docker has become an efficient way of boosting productivity in IT development processes. As the market keeps growing, people want to explore the biggest Docker benefits and they want to know more about this valuable tool. The main question here is: why Docker? Essentially, companies including corporations and developers utilize Docker containers because it is…