Certbot

Certbot Renewal with a Docker Compose Nginx Reload Hook

September 24, 2024 · 2 min · 329 words · Neil Borromeo

This draft captures a small but useful operational pattern: run certbot renew from cron and reload the Nginx container afterward so the renewed certificates are actually picked up.

Fixing Thumbor SSL Renewal on an Aging Certbot Install

February 23, 2024 · 2 min · 400 words · Neil Borromeo

This draft captures a practical SSL troubleshooting case where renewals looked broken on an older Thumbor host, with the key details coming from the renewal logs and a manual run.

Provisioning a CentOS 7 Instance on Vultr

April 5, 2021 · 9 min · 1817 words · Neil Borromeo

This is a real-world provisioning log, rewritten into a readable deployment walkthrough for Linux admins and technical hiring managers.