How to setup local development environment for GovCMS8 Lagoon OpenShift

GovCMS 8 local development configuration for Lagoon/OpenShift

Posted on 21/12/201823/11/2019

The new GovCMS hosting platform offers many benefits, one of which is the bundled local development environment. Utilising Docker containers, a new GovCMS project could be launched in a matter of minutes. Pulling and applying the latest GovCMS version is simplified down to a single command. In this article, I share my experience working with a GovCMS 8 project. Aiming at GovCMS 8 developers and web development agencies, this post could help streamline building successful GovCMS 8 websites.

Continue reading→

How to inject custom variables from a project into Ansible playbook

Posted on 22/09/201824/09/2018

Ansible allows to easily define and use custom variables with your custom tasks. In this article, I provide an example of how to inject custom variables from a separate project. This approach is inspired by modern Continuous Integration systems, such as CircleCI or TravisCI, where a YAML file added to the project could shape the underlaying tasks.

Continue reading→

Drupal ClamAV module vs maldet to eliminate malware in uploaded files

Posted on 20/01/201801/02/2018

A maldet binary, combined with the ClamAV package, offers a powerful anti-malware server protection solution. It offers a serious level of malware protection in your server or containers cluster deployment.

In this article I give an overview and comparison of using a Drupal ClamAV module, that scans uploaded files, with a server-level malware scanning using Linux Malware Detect and ClamAV

Continue reading→