Bash Shortcuts Gem

Currently co-authoring a book on Docker: Get 39% off with the code 39miell TL;DR These commands can tell you what key bindings you have in your bash shell by default. bind -P | grep ‘can be’ stty -a | grep ‘ = ..;’ Background I’d aways wondered what key strokes did what in bash – … Read more

The Most Pointless Docker Command Ever

What? This article will show you how you can undo the things Docker does for you in a Docker command. Clearer now? OK, Docker relies on Linux namespaces to isolate effectively copy parts of the system so it ends up looking like you are on a separate machine. For example, when you run a Docker … Read more

My Favourite Docker Tip

Currently co-authoring a book on Docker: Get 39% off with the code 39miell The Problem To understand the problem we’re going to show you a simple scenario where not having this is just plain annoying. Imagine you are experimenting in Docker containers, and in the midst of your work you do something interesting and reusable. … Read more

A Field Guide to Docker Security Measures

This post is based on material from Docker in Practice, available on Manning’s Early Access Program. Get 39% off with the code: 39miell Introduction If you’re unsure of how to secure Docker for your organisation (given that security wasn’t part of its design), I thought it would be useful to itemise some of the ways … Read more

Docker SELinux Experimentation with Reduced Pain

This post is based on material from Docker in Practice, available on Manning’s Early Access Program. Get 39% off with the code: 39miell Introduction As a Docker enthusiast that works for a corp that cares about security, SELinux is going to be a big deal. While SELinux is in principle simple, in practice it’s difficult … Read more

Storage Drivers and Docker

This post is based on material from Docker in Practice, available on Manning’s Early Access Program. Get 39% off with the code: 39miell Storage Drivers? If you don’t know, Docker has various options for how to store its data. Originally it used AUFS (a layered filesystem), but this was not beloved by all, so as … Read more

Play With Kubernetes Quickly Using Docker

CODE UPDATE AVAILABLE HERE   This post is based on material from Docker in Practice, available on Manning’s Early Access Program. Get 39% off with the code: 39miell Background In case you don’t know, Kubernetes is a Google open source project that tackles the problem of how to orchestrate your Docker containers on a data … Read more

Play with an OpenShift PaaS using Docker

This post is based on material from Docker in Practice, available on Manning’s Early Access Program: Get Going 1) Allow any registry insecurely This post is going to talk about playing with Kubernetes using Docker. Setting up Kubernetes can be a bit of a pain, but fortunately there’s a fast way to play with it. … Read more