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ABAlex Boumaalex.bouma.blogJan 3, 2024 · 8 min read

Soketi on Ploi with SSL

In this post I'll try my best to explain how I would setup Soketi on a Ploi provisioned server. But wait a minute what is Soketi and why would you want it? Soketi is a Pusher protocol compatible WebSockets server. This means that you can use a Soketi...

ABAlex Boumaalex.bouma.blogAug 29, 2023 · 6 min read

Setup Sentry Relay on Ubuntu

Sentry offers Relay, it's a proxy or relay that sits between your application and Sentry and can be used to filter events, add additional information, and more. In it's simplest form it can be used to relay events to Sentry (which is why it's called ...

ABAlex Boumaalex.bouma.blogAug 9, 2021 · 4 min read

Laravel authenticated user ID in NGINX access log

For debugging and/or easy searching it's handy to have the user ID in the NGINX access logs so you can quickly find logs for a specific user. There are 2 parts to achieving this: Add the user ID as a response header to our Laravel app using a middle...

ABAlex Boumaalex.bouma.blogJan 15, 2019 · 11 min read

Laravel WebSockets on Forge with SSL

It seems the documentation and or explanation on how to use Laravel WebSockets on Forge with SSL is not sufficient or clear enough. Some have asked for in-depth instructions on how to install Laravel WebSockets in Laravel and deploy it to Forge with ...

ABAlex Boumaalex.bouma.blogAug 31, 2015 · 2 min read

How to store user id in the Laravel session table

Sometimes you want to store the user id with the session so you can purge all sessions or even a single session creating a more secure system for your users, or maybe you want to see how many times a user is logged in. There are many use cases but it...

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Setup Sentry Relay on Ubuntu

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Laravel WebSockets on Forge with SSL

How to store user id in the Laravel session table

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Alex Bouma's blogs

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Soketi on Ploi with SSL

Setup Sentry Relay on Ubuntu

Laravel authenticated user ID in NGINX access log

Laravel WebSockets on Forge with SSL

How to store user id in the Laravel session table