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Sahal
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Automating My Cloud Workflow with OwnCloud, Docker, and GCP

Hey folks! ๐Ÿ‘‹

I'm Sahal, a software engineer currently diving deeper into the world of DevOps and cloud automation. Recently, Iโ€™ve been working on deploying my own cloud storage solution using OwnCloud โ€” self-hosted, scalable, and privacy-friendly. Hereโ€™s a quick overview of what Iโ€™ve been hacking on.


๐Ÿ› ๏ธ What I'm Building

Iโ€™m setting up OwnCloud on my domain ceritadesain.com, powered by:

  • Docker for containerizing services
  • NGINX for reverse proxy and TLS handling
  • GCP Compute Engine for VM hosting
  • Vagrant + Ansible (coming soon) to automate the full provisioning flow

๐Ÿ”„ Why Iโ€™m Doing This

As a DevOps learner, I wanted hands-on experience in:

  • Infrastructure automation
  • Cloud service management
  • Secure, production-ready deployments

This isnโ€™t just a weekend project โ€” itโ€™s also helping me sharpen skills that are highly relevant in real-world deployments (and interviews).


๐Ÿ” Next Steps

  • Integrate OAuth2 login with Google
  • Add CI/CD via GitHub Actions
  • Automate SSL renewals with Letโ€™s Encrypt
  • Implement monitoring and logging with Prometheus + Grafana

๐Ÿ’ฌ Letโ€™s Connect!

If you're working on similar projects or just want to nerd out about DevOps, frontend, or AI/LLMs โ€” hit me up! Always happy to exchange ideas or collaborate ๐Ÿค

Thanks for reading โ€” feel free to drop questions or feedback in the comments!


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๐Ÿง  โ€œLearning by building is the most powerful form of learning.โ€


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