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June 12, 2025
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Creating True Database Backups with Dumps

Too often I see folks relying on copies of a persisted database volume mount. While it is great people are backing up their database volumes, backing up a database volume can easily result in a corrupted backup unless the docker container is properly turned off prior to the backup. We like our containers running 24/7 though!

In this post, let's introduce ourselves to the following:

fradelg/mysql-cron-backup for MySQL / MariaDB
prodrigestivill/postgres-backup-local for Postgres

June 3, 2025
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5 min read

Setting up AdguardHome and PiHole in MacVlans

Ads! We don't want them inside our home network. Trackers! We also don't want our apps tracking everything we do. Let's put a stop to it! On top of that we also have the benefit of our own DNS server!

May 16, 2025
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10 min read

Setting up a single domain with multiple DNS servers

NextCloud is one of those applications that can only take 1 domain. How can we optimize our domain so that it can be used locally, over the tailnet, AND over the public internet, with different considerations for each? This is where context aware DNS comes in handy.

May 1, 2025
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5 min read

Setting up NextCloud With Docker Compose

Unlike the AIO, we just use a compose file to launch a nextcloud instance. I kind of prefer this, however, you do have to set up your own Collabora and OnlyOffice containers as well, which is not a big deal.

April 25, 2025
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4 min read

Setting up NextCloud AIO

We already have Nginx set up as our reverse proxy so that changes the docker command a bit. NextCloud AIO is simply portainer-like container management for NextCloud containers. We simply run a docker run command to initialize the AIO interface and from there we configure the containers. If you run most of your apps with docker compose, this is slightly annoying because you cannot manage your containers like you normally would, you have to do so through the abstraction of the AIO interface.

April 23, 2025
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5 min read

Setting up OwnCloud Infinite Scale (OCIS)

We're going to generally follow the instructions for the "full" deployment found here https://doc.owncloud.com/ocis/next/depl-examples/ubuntu-compose/ubuntu-compose-prod.html. The main difference is that because we're already using Nginx as our reverse proxy, we can get rid of all references to Traefik which has been configured in this example project.

April 15, 2025
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1 min read

Some useful docker commands

I wanted to jot down a couple of commands I've found useful.

March 21, 2025
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4 min read

Setting up Loki/Grafana in Docker to analyze Nginx logs

To be honest, it's a little confusing how to get started because there are lots of instructions out there and docker compose files floating around that are outdated. Let's follow the official docs at https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/setup/install/docker/#install-with-docker-compose.

The docker compose file from the docs as of today is here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/loki/v3.4.1/production/docker-compose.yaml. Note that the link is likely subject to change with new versions.

March 16, 2025
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3 min read

Nginx in Docker with GeoIP

To use the GeoIP2 module, we pretty much need to use a Dockerfile to start with the latest nginx, but then compile the GeoIP2 module from source. This is preferred because using precompiled binaries is actually challenging - we have to ensure we get the binary that was compiled with the same nginx version that we have. Compiling the module ourselves actually simplifies this process.

March 9, 2025
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3 min read

Nginx in Docker with Local Let’s Encrypt Certs

Docker Project folder

├── docker
│   ├── nginx
│   │   ├── docker-compose.yml
│   │   ├── cloudflare.ini
│   │   ├── nginx.conf
│   └── └── (any additional confs for server blocks)
└────────────