This How-To will show you how to launch an OpenVPN Server in Docker Swarm, running in dual (TCP/UDP) mode. It will use swarm-launcher to start the processes in privileged mode and Nginx as a loadbalancer/proxy for allowing connections to the VPN server.

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Ever since I’ve started hosting my own domains, I’ve searched for ways to automate the website provisioning. Normally, the documentation includes the information on configuring your infrastructure based on roles. But if you have a webserver role for all your minions it doesn’t help with the individual provisioning I am aiming at.

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Android Debugging

I intended to do this for a long time now, since Android Debugging goes hand in hand with Linux debugging. I’ve noticed, during my trolling on the >InsertCoin forum, that people that start messing around with their Android mobile (read: start rooting it), don’t know what to do if something fails.

The minimum tools needed for any debugging are:

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Adding a Facebook Like button to Blogger can be both easy and complicated, depending on who explains it. After a quick search on Google, I found how to add a custom Facebook Like button to my blog. Obviously, it’s not something difficult if I could do it in three minutes all together, but I thought I’d share the experience.

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Alex Thomae

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Head of IT Operations at Commerz Real

Wiesbaden, Germany