Alert enrichment: send Prometheus Alertmanager alerts to Slack with contextual runbooks (webhook + small webhook enricher)

Summary

Alertmanager will POST alerts to a small webhook service you host (/alert-enrich) that:

  • parses incoming alerts,

  • appends a runbook URL or short remediation steps based on alert labels (e.g., alertname, instance),

  • forwards the enriched message to Slack via an Incoming Webhook.

Components

  • Alertmanager config change to call webhook.

  • A tiny Python Flask service that enriches alerts and forwards to Slack.

  • Slack Incoming Webhook URL stored securely.

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CI/CD: GitHub Actions workflow to run tests, build Docker image, push to registry, and deploy to VPS via SSH

Summary

A single ci.yml will:

  • run tests on matrix (node/python variations),

  • build a Docker image,

  • push to Docker Hub / GitHub Container Registry,

  • SSH to your server and run a docker pull + docker-compose up -d.

Prerequisites

  • GitHub repo with code + tests.

  • Docker Hub or GHCR credentials stored as GitHub secrets (DOCKER_USERNAME, DOCKER_PASSWORD or GHCR_TOKEN).

  • SSH deploy key added to GitHub secrets (SSH_PRIVATE_KEY) and added to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys of the VPS user.

  • On VPS a docker-compose.yml that pulls the new image tag (e.g., myapp:latest).

Example .github/workflows/ci.yml

name: CI/CD

on:
push:
branches: [ main ]

jobs:
test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
node: [18]
steps:
– uses: actions/checkout@v4
– name: Use Node
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
– name: Install & Test
run: |
npm ci
npm test

build_and_push:
needs: test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
– uses: actions/checkout@v4
– name: Build docker image
run: |
IMAGE=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}
docker build -t $IMAGE .
 – name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
uses: docker/login-action@v2
with:
registry: ghcr.io
username: ${{ github.actor }}
password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
– name: Push image
run: |
IMAGE=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}
docker push $IMAGE
 – name: Set image tag output
id: image
run: echo “::set-output name=image::ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}”

deploy:
needs: build_and_push
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
– name: Deploy to server via SSH
uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.8
with:
host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
script: |
IMAGE=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}
docker pull $IMAGE
# adapt to your compose file
docker compose -f /home/deploy/app/docker-compose.yml pull
docker compose -f /home/deploy/app/docker-compose.yml up -d

Steps to set up

  1. Add secrets in GitHub: GHCR_TOKEN (with write packages scope) or Docker credentials, plus SSH_HOST, SSH_USER, SSH_PRIVATE_KEY.

  2. Ensure VPS user has docker and docker-compose and the docker-compose.yml uses image: ghcr.io/your/repo:${TAG} or image: ghcr.io/your/repo:latest and you update tag accordingly.

  3. Commit .github/workflows/ci.yml and push to main.

Troubleshooting & notes

  • For zero-downtime deploys, consider using docker-compose with pull then up --detach --no-deps --build or switch to docker stack / swarm or Kubernetes.

  • Keep secrets rotated. Use limited-scope tokens.

  • Test the SSH action with a manual run first.

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Docker Compose local dev environment with Traefik reverse proxy and automatic HTTPS

Summary

We’ll create a docker-compose.yml with Traefik v2 as the edge proxy that routes service1.localhost and service2.localhost to containers and obtains TLS certs using the local Traefik ACME (for public domains you’d use real DNS; for local dev we’ll use --docker provider + self-signed or mkcert).

Note: Browsers block Let’s Encrypt on *.localhost. For true HTTPS locally use mkcert + mount certs, or use traefik with TLS using mkcert certificates.

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How to find and remove ‘Stalkerware’ from your Phone

While your mobile device has a lot of built-in features to keep your data secure and protect your privacy, it may still be vulnerable to snooping if someone you know has access to your accounts or manages to install hidden apps—known as stalkerware—that track your every move. These malicious programs may exploit built-in features and permissions on your iPhone or Android to spy on you.

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Your iPhone’s Camera comes with a hidden translator

I recently took a trip to Europe, hopping across a few countries that all spoke languages I didn’t understand. As such, in order to interpret menus, signs, and packaging, I needed to translate the text back into English. While you might assume you need to use a specific translator app of choice to get this done, you really only need one thing: your iPhone’s camera.

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