How to Setup a Reverse Proxy With Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates Using Docker

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Let’s check our docker compose file first.

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version: '3'

services:
  nginx:
    image: nginx:1.15-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./data/nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d
      - ./data/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
      - ./data/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    command: "/bin/sh -c 'while :; do sleep 6h & wait $${!}; nginx -s reload; done & nginx -g \"daemon off;\"'"
  certbot:
    image: certbot/certbot
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./data/certbot/conf:/etc/letsencrypt
      - ./data/certbot/www:/var/www/certbot
    entrypoint: "/bin/sh -c 'trap exit TERM; while :; do certbot renew; sleep 12h & wait $${!}; done;'"

In order to get Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates, create a shell script file (init_letsencrypt.sh) like so:

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How to Host Wordpress Using Docker

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Let’s the docker compose file first.

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version: '3'

services:
  wp:
    image: wordpress:latest
    ports:
      - ${IP}:80:80
    volumes:
      - ./php.conf.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/conf.ini
      - ./wordpress:/var/www/html
    environment:
      WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db
      WORDPRESS_DB_NAME: "${DB_NAME}"
      WORDPRESS_DB_USER: root
      WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: "${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
    depends_on:
      - db

  pma:
    image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
    environment:
      PMA_HOST: db
      PMA_PORT: 3306
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"
    ports:
      - ${IP}:8080:80
    links:
      - db:db

  db:
    image: mysql:latest
    ports:
      - ${IP}:3306:3306
    command: [
        '--default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password',
        '--character-set-server=utf8mb4',
        '--collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
    ]
    volumes:
      - ./wp-data:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
      - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: "${DB_NAME}"
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD}"

volumes:
  db_data:

Here comes a relavant php.conf.ini file:

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How to Auto Start OpenVPN Client on Ubuntu Bionic

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Launch OpenVPN client as a daemon.

Here I assume you already have your own cert file: filename.ovpn. 🙂

Modify its file extension to a conf file like so:

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mv filename.ovpn filename.conf

Move the file inside /etc/openvpn directory like so:

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mv /path/to/filename.conf /etc/openvpn/

OpenVPN client service name would be openvpn@filename.

Well, you might already know what to do to launch the service.

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Basic Docker Notes

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Create and run a new container from an image

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docker container run -it --rm ubuntu /bin/bash
  • -i or --interactive: Keep STDIN open even if not attached
  • -t or --tty: Allocate a pseudo-TTY
  • --rm: Automatically remove the container when it exits
  • --name: Assign a name to the container
  • -d or --detach: Run container in background and print container ID

Aliases: docker container run, docker run

List containers

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docker container ps -a
  • -a or --all: Show all containers (default shows just running)

Aliases: docker container ls, docker container list, docker container ps, docker ps

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How to Setup LAMP Stack on Centos 7 - Right Way

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This post shows how to setup a standard LAMP stack on CentOS 7.

For the latest version of phpMyAdmin:

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rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY*
yum -y install epel-release

For MariaDB:

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yum -y install mariadb-server mariadb
systemctl enable --now mariadb
mysql_secure_installation

For Apache:

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yum -y install httpd
systemctl enable --now httpd

For PHP:

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