How to Connect Apigee from Your Drupal Website
A practical Drupal guide for calling APIs through Google Cloud Apigee, including proxy setup, API key and OAuth options, Drupal service code, deployment checks, and common troubleshooting challenges.
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Set Up Local AI with Ollama
Learn what Ollama does, install and run local AI models, choose a model for your workload, troubleshoot slow responses, and optionally connect another computer with a GPU.
Build a Drupal Chatbot with Local AI
Learn how a Drupal chatbot finds relevant published articles, uses Ollama to generate answers, and displays source links while keeping inference on your own hardware.
Analyze Google Analytics Data in Drupal with Local AI
Build a private Drupal analytics assistant that explains GA4 reports, suggests actions, and answers administrator questions using local Ollama.
Set Up Open WebUI to Chat with Your Local AI
Add a browser-based chat interface to Ollama with Open WebUI. Learn Docker setup, model connections, first-time login, persistent storage, and troubleshooting.
Code Quality and Deployment Checks in Acquia Pipelines
A practical guide to validating Composer metadata, React build output, Drupal coding standards, PHP syntax, YAML files, artifacts, and notifications in acquia-pipelines.yaml.
Composer Dependency Audit with GitHub Actions
Audit locked PHP dependencies for known vulnerabilities and abandoned packages with Composer and GitHub Actions.
Lint JavaScript and CSS in GitHub Actions
Run ESLint and Stylelint against a custom Drupal theme to catch frontend defects and inconsistent code before release.
Scan the Current Checkout for Secrets with Gitleaks
Use Gitleaks in GitHub Actions to detect credentials and tokens in the current checkout without exposing findings.
Publish Lighthouse Scores for Key Pages with GitHub Actions
Test common pages across environments and publish Lighthouse performance, accessibility, best-practices, and SEO scores.