Certbot Renewal with a Docker Compose Nginx Reload Hook

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.

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

Working Around a Payment API CORS Problem with a Server-Side Proxy

This draft turns a raw CORS debugging note into a cleaner explanation of the real issue: browser-based cross-origin restrictions and the practical workaround of routing requests through a server-side proxy.

March 22, 2024 · 2 min · 360 words · Neil Borromeo

Fixing Thumbor SSL Renewal on an Aging Certbot Install

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.

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

Provisioning a CentOS 7 Instance on Vultr

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

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