A Docker Disaster

Oct 7, 2019

Okay, disaster is a bit hyperbolic. I did however, end up banging my head against a wall for way too long trying to figure out an issue with a Docker image for use in a GitLab CI / CD pipeline. This had nothing to do with Docker or GitLab and everything to do with me... I hate it when that happens! In this short post I'll run thru the scenario I found myself in. The issue was pretty obvious, but sometimes those are the hardest things to spot; hopefully I can save someone else some time down the line!

Customizing Pow

Sep 12, 2019

Pow is an excellent authentication solution for Phoenix HTML applications and APIs. It provides a solid, comprehensive bundle of features out of the box; but what if you need customized behaviour? In this post, we'll look at how easy it is to customize the default functionality of Pow.

Phoenix API Authentication with Pow

Aug 30, 2019

Pow provides an excellent authentication solution for Phoenix HTML applications; but what if you are looking to build out an API? Recently a new API guide has been published, and in this post we'll have a look at how easy it is to use Pow in the context of an API.

Deploying Phoenix to AWS - Part 3

Aug 23, 2019

In part 1 of this series, we created a release and a docker image of our release. Part 2 saw us run through some manual one-time steps. We're onto our final installment, and today we'll finally get around to deploying our application!

Deploying Phoenix to AWS - Part 2

Aug 16, 2019

Continuing on with our DevOps journey; today we'll be running through some basic set-up steps in preparation for deploying the docker image we created in part 1 to AWS.