Open Source Apps

NextCloud is unquestionably the leading open-source file sync & share app on the marketplace, but despite the introduction of NextCloud Text, a simple, collaborative note-taking app, the suite doesn’t officially ship with a comprehensive Office 365 or Google Docs replacement.…

Implementing S3 Compatible Primary Storage for NextCloud

Open Source Apps

Cloud Storage, File Sync & Share, NextCloud

NextCloud, an open source cloud storage solution, supports using S3 compatible object storage not only as external storage, but also as the primary (internal) storage for your NextCloud deployment. First, why is it “S3 compatible” instead of S3? The Amazon…

Storage VPS Options for NextCloud Deployment

Open Source Apps

Cloud Storage, File Sync & Share, NextCloud

Most virtual private servers in modern clouds use solid state drives, usually configured in RAID 10 or RAID 50 for redundancy (ability to tolerate X of Y failures with no data loss) combined with striping to enhance performance – at…

Xfce4 Desktop Environment and X Server for Ubuntu on WSL 2

Open Source Apps

Linux, Virtualization, Windows 10

The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 is the first time Microsoft will ever ship a full Linux kernel supporting native system calls with Windows 10. Since CEO Satya Nadella took the helm from Steve Ballmer with the mission of making…

Scaling Out a Mautic Cluster with Multiple App Servers

Open Source Apps

best practices, Cloud Scaling, mautic

One of the most significant challenges of self-hosting Mautic is scaling the infrastructure to meet the demand as your marketing database grows. Most first-time users of Mautic start off with the application hosted on a single server with Apache/Nginx, PHP,…

Production-Ready Cloud Storage Infrastructure with NextCloud

Open Source Apps

Cloud Storage, File Sync & Share, NextCloud

NextCloud is the most well known alternative to Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, or Google Drive for individuals & organizations who prefer to control their own cloud storage infrastructure. Whether hosting data on-premises on physical machines at your own office/datacenter, or on…

Idiot’s Guide to Applying & Testing Mautic Patches

Open Source Apps

mautic, mautic development, mautic troubleshooting

As an open-source project maintained by the community, Mautic is a continual work-in-progress with new features & bug fixes always being added to the codebase. Contrary to what most users’ believe, you don’t need to wait for the next Mautic…

RocketChat vs MatterMost Comparison

Open Source Apps

A Tale of Two Open Source Chat Servers RocketChat and MatterMost are both open source team chat apps available for organizations to deploy in their own private cloud environment. Although both applications are open source, RocketChat has no distinction between…

Vision & Roadmap for Portainer.io – Conversation with CEO Neil Cresswell

Open Source Apps

At DockerCon SF 2018, I had the chance to sit down with Neil Cresswell, Co-Founder and CEO/CTO of Portainer.io. Portainer is a web-based, container management dashboard focused on “day 2 operations” for IT teams either just starting out with Docker,…

Adapting WooCommerce for Service Businesses

Open Source Apps

Everybody knows WooCommerce for setting up an online store, but did you know you can use the famous WordPress plugin for a service-based business as well? If you are a consultant, agency, or anybody who sells their skills or expertise…