Docker Use Docker Secrets with MySQL on Docker Swarm Today we will use Docker Secrets, more specifically store our MySQL Passwords in Secrets, which will be passed to our containers, so that we don't use clear text passwords in our Compose files.
Docker Populate Environment Variables from Docker Secrets with a Flask Demo App In this post we will create a basic Python Flask WebApp on Docker Swarm, but we will read our Flask Host, and Flask Port from Environment Variables, which will be populated from Docker
Docker Forwarding The Docker Socket via a SSH Tunnel to Execute Docker Commands Locally With automation in mind, when you want to execute docker commands remotely, you want to do it in a secure manner, as you don't want to expose your Docker port to the whole
Docker Docker Environment Substitution with Dockerfile The 12 Factor way, is a general guideline that provides best practices when building applications. One of them is using environment variables to store application configuration. What will we be doing: In this
Docker Guide to Setup Ranchers Convoy Volume Driver for Docker Swarm with NFS In this post we will setup Rancher's Convoy Storage Plugin with NFS, to provide data persistence in Docker Swarm. The Overview: This essentially means that we will have a NFS Volume, when the
Docker Create a Docker Persistent MySQL Service backed by NFS Docker Containers are stateless, if you want a persistent service like MySQL I always recommend having your database services outside the swarm, but if you need to look at Persistent Storage, there's a
Docker Docker Stacks - Creating a Nodejs Hostname Application on Swarm Create a Nodejs Application that responds GET requests with its Hostname. We will be using Docker Swarm to create a Stack of our Nodejs application, which will sit beind a HAProxy Load Balancer,
Docker Create a Elasticsearch Cluster on Docker Swarm with Alpine I personally believe that databases should reside outside your swarm, but for testing we will create a Elasticsearch Container from a Alpine Image to keep the size of our image small, which is
Docker Setup RocketChat on Docker Swarm with Traefik Reverse Proxy Rocket Chat is a Great Self-Hosted Open Source Communication Platform for Teams and Communities. You can almost categorize it as a Open Source Self Hosted Slack-like Platform. Features: Rocket Chat offers features such
Docker Setup a 3 Node Docker Swarm on Ubuntu 16 In this guide we will go through the steps on setting up a 3 node Docker Swarm. For more detailed information, and setting up a scalable application have a look at this post
Docker Traefik - a Modern HTTP Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer for Microservices such as Docker Traefik is a modern load balancer and reverse proxy built for micro services. The cool thing that I love about Traefik, is that you can create web applications on the fly, I found
Docker Running Java Web Applications on Docker with Payara Micro Payara Micro, a lightweight framework for serving your Java Applications, from your WAR files. Payara Micro Features: It's Small, less than 70 MB in size Ease of use. Automatic and Elastic Clustering Payara
Docker Docker Swarm: Getting Started with a 3 Node Docker Swarm Cluster with a Scalable App What are we up to today? Install Docker and Docker Compose on 3 Nodes Initialize the Swarm and Join the Worker Nodes Create a Nginx Service with 2 Replicas Do some Inspection: View
Deployment Getting Started with Docker Guide with some Docker Usage Examples From our Previous Post we have gone through an overview of Docker and setting up Docker on Ubuntu 16.04. In this guide we will be going through some Docker Examples, a hands-on
Deployment Getting Started with Docker an Overview and Installation on Ubuntu 16 Introduction: Cobus, one of my good friends asked me to do a tutorial on Docker, and after spending the last 3 months playing around with Docker, I am excited to share my journey