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How the blog was built part 5 - import a backup

A few times I have had to manually re-import the blog data... I've done this enough times and I need to update the Ghost blog version and fix any Snyk reported security issues. I will automate all this and will show the scripts that will help import a backup automatically.

AWS

How the blog was built part 4 - migration

I finally did it. I finally went and bought a Macbook and the M1 Air at that. The first three parts in this series document how I built the static Ghost blog in a Windows environment and now I have MacOS to contend with.

AWS

How the blog was built part 3 - update

So in part 2 we backed the Ghost files up. Now we are going to create the static files and then upload them to S3. Hosting the websiteI'm using an AWS S3 bucket to host the website with CloudFlare routing and this article was instrumental in setting it up so

AWS

How the blog was built part 2 - backup

At this point I now have customised the original GitHub scripts and made it more configurable than before but having so many different commands to run meant I really wanted an easier way to back up the existing Ghost content and files. I had run into some issues and when

AWS

How the blog was built part 1 - the static files

My previous blog was built with BlogEngine.NET and blog post content saved in files on the Azure web server because I didn't want the hassle and the costs of a database. I decided to leave Azure for AWS because Microsoft decided to change the terms on the developer subscription

BlogEngine

Upgrading my BlogEngine.NET website from 3.1.1.0 to 3.3.80

Last year I was having trouble upgrading my BlogEngine.NET orginal blog website, prior to moving to the Ghost platform. This article is a copy of the original and about what I did to fix the issue. Even though I no longer use BlogEngine this information may be useful to

DDD

My highlights of DDD East Midlands 2021

Hey all, I spent the day at DDD East Midlands 2021 and these were the most interesting talks. Design for Developers by Lex Lofthouse. I wanted to see this talk because I've done some front end projects here and there and thought it would be helpful with those projects in

AWS

Automating scripts for AWS Sandbox setup - Create a new user

I decided to go back and complete an old AWS Lambda & Serverless Architecture Bootcamp Udemy course I started in 2019. I didn't finish it at the time because I only learnt what I needed to know for the company project I was working on and now I have a

Welcome to my new blog

I finally have my new blog set up using Ghost as a static website, hosted in AWS S3 and routed via CloudFlare. I will document how it was all created in a future blog post. I've got loads of ideas and plans for this blog and will add some old