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Creating a Simple Custom AI Assistant with OpenAI / ChatGPT
Creating a Simple Custom AI Assistant with OpenAI / ChatGPT Creating a Simple Custom AI Assistant with OpenAI / ChatGPT October 25, 2024 This tutorial goes through creating a simple AI Assistant using OpenAI’s “Assistant” feature. Much of the info contained in this tutorial is sourced directly from OpenAI’s documentation, albeit re-written in my own…
Backing Up Docker Volumes
Backing Up Docker Volumes Backing Up Docker Volumes October 24, 2024 In this tutorial we go through creating backups of docker volumes. We cover creating .tar and .zip backup files as well as complete separate docker volume backups of other volumes, finally we cover restoring backups of .tar and .zip files and restoring volume backups…
Keycloak Terms & Privacy Policy Configuration
Keycloak Terms & Privacy Policy Configuration Keycloak Terms & Privacy Policy Configuration September 30, 2024 When I first started using Keycloak earlier this year I almost immediately hit a heavy roadblock, how do you require user consent to your terms and conditions and privacy policy? After browsing the Keycloak forums it became apparent that multiple…
Keycloak Realm Mail Config
Keycloak Realm Mail Config Keycloak Realm Mail Config September 30, 2024 In this lightning fast tutorial we’ll configure email settings in a Keycloak Realm. Keycloak requires an external email service provider to auto send emails for account management. You can self-host an email service or use a commercial provider. Whichever way you go, you will…
Automate SSH Hardening with Ansible
Automate SSH Hardening with Ansible Automate SSH Hardening with Ansible September 28, 2024 In this lightning fast tutorial we’ll go through automating SSH server hardening using Ansible. This tutorial should work with either debain or fedora based systems, the installation process may differ based on distro. It requires that you have a remote sudo user…
Manual Installation of NextCloud on Ubuntu with Apache
Manual Installation of NextCloud on Ubuntu Manual Installation of NextCloud on Ubuntu September 25, 2024 This tutorial goes through the entire process of installing NextCloud on an Ubuntu Server. I tested it on Ubuntu 24.04 but it should work on older versions (at least 22.04). The only prerequisite to this tutorial is that you have…
First 10 Minutes on an Ubuntu Server
First 10 Minutes on an Ubuntu Server First 10 Minutes on an Ubuntu Server September 19, 2024 When you first boot up an Ubuntu server, you have to first secure it before launching your apps. In this tutorial I go through the basics of securing / hardening an Ubuntu instance. I would love to hear…
LiteSpeed Speed Optimization Test on Hostinger
LiteSpeed Speed Optimization Test on Hostinger LiteSpeed Speed Optimization Test on Hostinger September 13, 2024 This is a simple WordPress site speed benchmark test I ran to get some real hard numbers on the speed benefits of enabling the “Advanced” LiteSpeed optimization settings in the Hostinger hpanel and enabling the object cache setting. Benchmark notes: This…
JPG vs WebP vs Avif – WordPress Site Speed Optimization Test
JPG vs WebP vs Avif – WordPress Site Speed Optimization Test JPG vs WebP vs Avif – WordPress Site Speed Optimization Test September 12, 2024 This is a simple WordPress site speed benchmark test I ran to get some real hard numbers on how different image formats impact site speed, I am sure you can…
Managing VPS Firewall Rules in IONOS
Managing VPS Firewall Rules in IONOS Managing VPS Firewall Rules in IONOS September 7, 2024 This is a really simple and quick tutorial on managing vps firewall rules in IONOS. The only prerequisite is that you have an IONOS account and have an IONOS VPS, you can purchase an IONOS VPS here: (no this is…