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leommoore / mongodb_ssl_with_letsencrypt.md
Last active August 16, 2022 17:35
MongoDB 3.2.x SSL with Letsencrypt

MongoDB 3.2.x SSL with Letsencrypt

Letsencrypt is an initative which aims to increase the use of encryption for websites. It basically allows people to apply for free certificates provided that they prove the they control the requested domain. We will look at the what is needed to secure your MongoDB installation. For more details on setting up a MongoDB server see MongoDB 3.2.x.

Set the hostname

We sould to set the hostname to match the name of the certificate we are going to optain.

sudo hostname mongo0.example.com

Then update the hostname file to set the server name permanently.

@kzar
kzar / Instructions.md
Last active December 2, 2021 03:39
My Thinkpad T450 Ubuntu set up

Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid) has now been released and it fixes mostly all of the issues I had with my Thinkpad T450. I recommend doing a clean install of Ubuntu 15.04 and mostly avoiding all of the steps bellow!

My process for getting Ubuntu running really nicely on a Thinkpad T450 with all the hardware working. (I have my track pad disabled in the bios and only want to use the track point.)

Basic steps to get Ubuntu running nicely on the Thinkpad T450:

@cybertk
cybertk / mocha_runtime_tests.coffee
Created September 11, 2014 14:21
Create mocha test/suite at runtime
require('chai').should()
Mocha = require 'mocha'
Test = Mocha.Test
Suite = Mocha.Suite
mocha = new Mocha
suite = Suite.create mocha.suite, 'I am a dynamic suite'
suite.addTest new Test 'I am a dynamic test', ->
true.should.equal true
@eschwartz
eschwartz / typeHelpers
Last active August 29, 2015 13:56
Handlebars helpers for parsing object types for YUIDocs templates
var NATIVES = {
'Array': 1,
'Boolean': 1,
'Date': 1,
'decodeURI': 1,
'decodeURIComponent': 1,
'encodeURI': 1,
'encodeURIComponent': 1,
'eval': 1,
'Error': 1,
@evantahler
evantahler / game-actions.js
Created July 1, 2013 05:05
Creating the API for a tic-tac-toe game with AI
// actions/game.js
// A collection of tasks and helper methods to create a simpel tic-tac-toe game
// - single player
// - simple AI
// - each connection can only have one active game at a time
exports.gameCreate = {
name: "gameCreate",
description: "I create a new game for this connection",
@rjmunro
rjmunro / .gitignore
Created June 21, 2013 13:54
gitignore for cordova cli projects
# Android
platforms/android/assets/www
platforms/android/bin/
platforms/android/gen/
platforms/android/res/xml/config.xml
# iOS
platforms/ios/build/
platforms/ios/CordovaLib/build/
platforms/ios/www
@jrus
jrus / lua-uuid.lua
Created July 29, 2012 09:26
quick lua implementation of "random" UUID
local random = math.random
local function uuid()
local template ='xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
return string.gsub(template, '[xy]', function (c)
local v = (c == 'x') and random(0, 0xf) or random(8, 0xb)
return string.format('%x', v)
end)
end
@jedp
jedp / gist:3005816
Created June 27, 2012 18:18
postMessage() security review checklist

Security-Reviewing Uses of postMessage()

The postMessage() API is an HTML5 extension that permits string message-passing between frames that don't share the same origin. It is available in all modern browsers. It is not supported in IE6 and IE7.

postMessage is generally considered very secure as long as the programmer is careful to check the origin and source of an arriving

@furf
furf / User.js
Created June 15, 2012 20:14
Use everyauth authentication via JSON REST API only
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema,
Promise = mongoose.Promise,
mongooseAuth = require('mongoose-auth'),
UserSchema = new Schema({}, { strict: true }),
User;
UserSchema.plugin(mongooseAuth, {
@gcatlin
gcatlin / gist:1847248
Created February 16, 2012 19:43
Install specific version of Homebrew formula
brew update
brew versions FORMULA
cd `brew --prefix`
git checkout HASH Library/Formula/FORMULA.rb # use output of "brew versions"
brew install FORMULA
brew switch FORMULA VERSION
git checkout -- Library/Formula/FORMULA.rb # reset formula
## Example: Using Subversion 1.6.17
#