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Secure Your HTTPS / SSL / TLS

To site owners: Just because you’ve enabled HTTPS does not mean it’s sound and secure. TLS v1.0 and v1.1 is unsecure and phasing out.
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Dynamic DNS on Cloudflare in 5 Minutes

You will need the following to get dynamic DNS working on Cloudflare:

  • Cloudflare as your DNS provider. Migrating from your current DNS provider over to Cloudflare is easy and free whether you are using Godaddy, Namecheap or another one.

  • Get API token set up on Cloudflare.

  • Install cloudflare-cli.

Cloudflare API token

Cloudflare Token is preferred way over API key as token enables added security by allowing to specify access level with permissions and resources.

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Hosting Multiple Apps With Nginx Rewrite Rules

A reverse proxy such as Nginx will come in handy if you need to host multiple apps on a single domain. Here’s a 5-minute how-to.
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Integrating a Self-Hosting Commenting System to Your Site

If you are looking for guidance on integrating an open-source commenting system such as Remark42 to your site, here is how I did it.
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Setting Up a Mailgun Relay With Postfix

Set up a Postfix server on local network that relays outgoing emails through Mailgun SMTP.
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