devops

Authorizing GitHub Container Registry

If you are using GitHub Container Registry and receive unauthorized error messages from docker-compose or docker pull, your personal access token for GitHub’s container registry is either not properly configured or the token has expired. This post will walk you through the steps to resolve this error.

How to build React Native iOS app with GitHub Actions [2023]

GitHub Actions are a great way to incorporate DevOps and DevSecOps into mobile development. This post documents the steps to build a React Native iOS app with GitHub Actions (without using any 3rd party actions). Many of the steps will be the same as the previous post on “How to build an iOS app with GitHub Actions [2023]” so definitely check that out for a more complete explanation of the various steps below.

How to build an iOS app with GitHub Actions [2023]

Building on my previous “How to build an iOS app archive via command line” post, let’s now automate the process using GitHub Actions! There are a number of mobile CI/CD capabilities out there such as BitRise, CodeMagic, Jenkins, CircleCI and even Xcode Cloud but there are a lot of advantages to handling CI/CD directly in GitHub including (to name a few): Already has access to source code Native developer experience Managing your CI/CD configuration in a source controlled yaml file GitHub Marketplace is open and has a massive number of integrations and helpful actions When I first embarked on this technical how to, I have to admit it was pretty overwhelming.

How to build an iOS app archive via command line

In my previous post, I detailed “How to export an Ad Hoc iOS ipa using Xcode” however there are advantages to exporting an iOS app archive using the command line. Top of mind reasons include: faster than using Xcode with a mouse can automate the build process (e.g. with GitHub Actions) Make sure you followed along in the previous post so all prerequisites are met or have an active iOS app that you’ve successfully built and exported at least once.

3 ways to install Java on macOS [2023]

Java is no longer preinstalled on macOS and even if it is, there are likely security patches or new capabilities you need for software to work properly. And if you are a developer, you will most likely need to install and manage multiple versions of Java (as well as other development runtimes). This article will show you 3 different ways you can install Java on a macOS computer. A future article will walk through techniques to manage which Java JDK you are using.

How to build React Native Android app with GitHub Actions

In this post, I’m going to automate the build process (see my previous post) for a React Native Android app with GitHub Actions. This obviously ties into the the DevOps tidal wave but in a way that’s very developer friendly. Developers spend significant time in GitHub and have a great developer experience (DX). Instead of popping out to external systems, you can build, test and deploy you app within GitHub and also leverage the extensive, open GitHub Marketplace to reuse workflows and integration into other systems.

How to generate an Android SBOM per build with Github Actions

If you’d like to generate an Android SBOM every time you build your app, you can combine previous techniques discussed on this blog to achieve this with GitHub Actions + NowSecure. If you’re not a NowSecure customer, first sign up for 10 free SBOMs so you can follow along in the tutorial. To brush up on the previous techniques, check out my blog+video on how to generate an Android SBOM in CycloneDX format.

HOWTO setup a private git server on Ubuntu 18.04

There are plenty of reasons to host your own git server vs using services like GitHub or GitLab. Beyond just learning something new, I prefer to use a private git server for pass (my password manager). Step 1: Setup an Ubuntu 18.04 server There are quite a few ways you can do this however I prefer to have the server accessible on the Internet so I can sync my computer(s) while I’m traveling.

First steps to securing Ubuntu Server 18.04 on Digital Ocean

When you need to setup a new Linux server on one of the popular VPS providers, the first steps are often similar. A big reason I have a blog is so I can copy/paste common tasks I need to do more than once. So, below are the first few steps I take when setting up a new Ubuntu 18.04 server on Digital Ocean. Step 1: Create new server, add ssh key While the directions will vary between VPS providers, the first step is to provision a new server and then configure it to accept SSH keys.