Security

Executing PHP scripts in a Drupal site

Executing PHP scripts in a Drupal site

Other than running this blog, I also test PHP codes on this server. If you are running Drupal on an Apache web server, then Drupal’s .htaccess file is configured to disallow access to any folders that does not belong to Drupal. This means that if I need to create a folder of my own to execute PHP

Webmin and Let's Encrypt on Google Cloud

Webmin and Let’s Encrypt on Google Cloud

Thanks to Google Cloud Platform’s free tier and $300 credit, I have been spending more time building on GCP. As I start to call GCP home, it’s time to dress it up. My objectives are as follows: Setup a web-based configuration tool. I lived through the command-line era of MS DOS in the 80s and

OAuth2 on a Virtual Server

OAuth2 on a Virtual Server

Can a $5-a-month virtual server run an OAuth2 Server? My virtual server has been my testbed for many IoT projects that make Web API calls to the web services that I have developed. None of these were as secure as I want them to be because I have never gone around implementing an OAuth2 server.