I walk you through a motivated example of Variable Length Subnet Masking.

Install Strapi CMS onto a our local machine, and allow local Strapi service to talk to our local MySQL instance.

Install the MySQL plugin for dokku, create a remote database, and test out a remote connection using the MySQL workbench.

For my first article, I'll review all the steps required to setting up a new digital ocean Dokku Ubuntu droplet, hardening it, and installing. Throughout this process you will be picking up a few DevOps and Front-end skills to add to your toolset. By the end, you'll have your very own secured remote MySQL server.