James Flower

.NET Developer working on the web and cloud

Tag: docker

There are 2 posts with the "docker" tag.

Setup Nginx as a Reverse Proxy and WAF with ModSecurity in Docker

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Nginx is a highly versatile web server which can effectively function as a reverse proxy and web application firewall (WAF). To function as a WAF, the ModSecurity WAF module is usually used with the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set. The ModSecurity WAF module will check incoming requests and outgoing responses against the rules it has loaded. If the request matches one of the rules, it will be ended before it is passed to the web application. The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set contains generic

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Install Docker Engine without Docker Desktop on Windows

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Docker have recently announced changes to their pricing and subscriptions which require a paid subscription for users outside of personal, education and small business use. It seems that this license change only applies to Docker Desktop which is the GUI client for Windows and Mac. The good news is that you can install the Docker Engine on Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2! The bad news is that you won’t have easy access to the GUI to manage containers; you’ll have to use the C

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