GitOps with GitLab and AWS

HeleCloud/GitLab Webinar, 20th May 2020

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Using the HashiStack in AWS

Presented at HashiCorp Cloud Operating Model Webinar, 13th May 2020

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Automating Cloud Account Security with Cloudsploit and Prowler

Presented at London Cloud Security Meetup, 3rd March 2020.

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Deploying and Managing AWS Lambda with GitLab CI and Terraform

Presented at HashiTalks 2020, 20th February 2020

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GitLab, Terraform and AWS; The Perfect Combination

Presented at DOXLON, 28th November 2019

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Front Page of Hacker News with GitLab Pages

Presented at GitLab Commit London, 9th October 2019

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Accelerating Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management with CI in AWS

Presented at AWS Community Summit, London, October 8th 2019 - Tools, tips and best practices for understanding running and succeeding with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management in CI

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Testing Ansible in Docker

Presented at Docker Cambridge, July 2019

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Container Orchestration with Docker Swarm and Kubernetes

An overview and demo in running and using container orchestrations platforms; with Docker Swarm and Kubernetes

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Using Docker to begin to solve IoT hardware issues

Presented at DockerCon EU Barcelona 2018. Managing Hardware can be costly and hard work. Using Docker, developers can push their software further using the reproducibility of the platform to build a playground for testing IoT applications and networks.

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Docker 101 for Drupal Developers

Presented at DrupalCon Europe (Darmstadt) 2018, this 2-hour session take the developer through the first introductions of using Docker on the command line. Building to being able to run Docker compose to manage configuration and connection of multiple containers and end to end solutions for Drupal inside Docker.

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Docker Compose: Docker Configuration for the Real World

Getting to understand Docker Compose puts you on the path to being able to make containers work harder for you. This presentation builds gradually to making full applications with Docker Compose.

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Docker on the Command Line

Using Docker on the command line is the main entry point for developers to Docker and containers and gaining an understanding of the tools and commands mean that you can deliver containerised applications in record speed.

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Speeding Up Your Docker Builds

This short presentation guides you through speeding up Docker builds and reducing overall images size, starting with selecting the correct base image, configuring your ```Dockerfile``` and ending with multi-stage builds for reliability and caching.

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DevSecOps and Drupal: Securing Your Applications in a Modern IT Landscape

DevSecOps and Drupal gives and overview of the DevSecOps process and mindset and also how to use it to deliver Drupal applications (or anything really) with security built in.

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Build, Test, Store and Distribute Docker Containers with GitLab

Building, testing and storing Docker containers inside GitLab mean that you can use a single tool to be able to deliver software in a slick and effective process. GitLab is a super peice of software and I recommend you check it out.

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Static Site Generators

Static site generators provide cost-effective and easy ways to get some of the flexibility of a content management system whilst also using version control to manage all of the content and distribute to a static site, reducing the requirements for servers and a large proportion of software maintenance and administration.

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DockerCon Copenhagen - What Happened?!

A summary of my takeaways from DockerCon Copenhagen 2017. Overall a great conference with a wide range of interesting takeaways. Certainly, the largest takeaway is that Docker (cli) will start supporting Kubernetes as a first-class citizen, which should make cluster deployments to Kube even easier.

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Docker DevTools

Presented at Cambridge AWS Meetup and Cambridge Javascript Meetup, 2017. Docker Devtools is a small set of custom-made containers that can be run from a set of bash/zsh aliases to deliver the simplest onboarding for developer tools without running into dependency hell. Have a look at https://docker-devtools.gitlab.io

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Understanding Agile Development

Choosing development and team work styles and project management practices make a large impact on the speed of delivery (velocity) and all other aspects of creating software.

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WordPress: Up and Running

WordPress Cambridge User Group, November 2015

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6 Steps to Website Success

A quick user guide to making and running successful websites.

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Outsourcing to Build Your Business

An overview of understanding where, how and what to outsource when running your business.

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The Language of Drupal Explained

A cheat sheet for understanding the terms and terminology used in Drupal

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Getting the Right Server

Cost benefit analysis of servers

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