Creating a private docker registry can be as simple as running a container provided by docker. Most cloud providers offer a hosted solution (e.g. AWS ECR). But, sometimes you just want/need to roll your own 🙂 If you are using k8s, this is a quick way of doing it. The Read more…
A lot of times during development I need to make a “box” accessible to the internet using SSL (HTTPS). In order to use SSL you need a certificate. The free option to get a certificate is to use let’s encrypt. In order to get a certificate using let’s encrypt you Read more…
Docker Private Registry To setup Microk8s, see previous post Enable required microk8s add-ons: In order to push images from your development machine to a Microk8s docker private registry, you may want to expose it outside of the host. Note: these instructions can easily be adapted to expose a docker private Read more…
Run a linux container on a windows server using Hyper-V using powershell. Hyper-V Make sure that the host has all the requirements to for hyper-v. If running on a virtual machine, make sure that it has hyper-v nested virtualization support – it is the exception, not the rule. On azure, Read more…
This is just a summary of my recent research on this topic. as March, 2019… Running windows containers on windows should work out of the box as long it is supported by the Windows version. Docker EE can be installed using a script on windows Server 2016 (build ??? + Read more…
Note: LCOW support is currently experimental and under active development. https://github.com/linuxkit/lcow Before anything else, it is not yet ready for prime time or work out of the box… You can check the progress status at https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/33850 Now that it is out of the way, let’s continue: Requirements Windows Server 1709 – Build 16299+ Read more…
Next-Generation API Platformfor Modern Architectures https://konghq.com/ Quickly get it running with Docker Assuming you have Docker already installed and running, create a docker-compose.yml file: This is going to create the kong container using a slightly modified version of the official 1.0.2-alpine container – it will wait for postgres database server Read more…
Using portainer you can manage your local (or remote) docker through a web UI. Portainer is an open source project. Deployment The easiest way to deploy portainer is using a container. It is also possible to deploy it locally (for more details and options, check the links bellow). On this Read more…
Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH https://guacamole.apache.org/ Running guacamole on a virtual machine can help you expose other servers on the same VPC that are not accessible directly for remote management. More important can give you access to any of them Read more…
Start with a virtual machine running Ubuntu with snap support (e.g. 16 or 18LTS) SSL Rancher has “native” support for letscencrypt. If you have access to a domain and can create a new DNS entry on it, add one pointing to this server. Make sure ports 80 and 443 are Read more…