Why I Stopped Treating Docker Containers Like Tiny Virtual Machines
I think everyone goes through this shift as they transition their home labs from virtual machines over to containers. You tend to approach containers exactly the same way as you…
Category: Containers
I Thought Docker Would Restart Unhealthy Containers. I Was Missing One Tool.
If you are like me, for the longest time, I just assumed that Docker was very smart in the way it recovers unhealthy containers. And, to be fair, there is…
This Home Lab Learning Tool Made Kubernetes Finally Click for Me
I have been looking for self-hosted tools for learning outside of actual lab environments that I have built in my home lab for Kubernetes. Hands on labs with Kubernetes are…
Docker on Windows Server Finally Felt Easier After I Tried VisualDock Server
Running containers on Linux feels pretty normal and I have a LOT of it running in my home lab, especially for my Docker container hosts. However, Windows Server or workstation…
The First 5 Things I Change on Every Docker Host
Getting a Docker host up and running is a great thing to do in your home lab environment. It allows you to start running containers and testing out things much…
I Tried This New Open Source Kubernetes Dashboard and It’s Surprisingly Good
I have been through a lot of the Kubernetes dashboards in my home lab and now that I am running my home lab “production” workloads on Kubernetes, I am keenly…
I Tried Traefik Manager in My Home Lab and It Makes Traefik Much Easier
If you have been running Traefik or you have thought about running Traefik, you probably fall into one of two schools of thought. You probably either love Traefik due to…
The Biggest Docker Mistakes I Still See in Home Labs (And How I Fix Them)
Docker is a super powerful tool that you can use in your home lab. I think for me personally, a turning point was when I started running mostly containerized services.…
I Added This to My Docker Compose and It Changed Everything
All of us use Docker compose extensively in our home labs to run containers and self-host services. I love it. It is THE way to deploy your containers when you…
I Thought My Kubernetes Backups Worked in My Home Lab but I Was Wrong
This weekend I went down an absolute rabbit hole that I think most home labbers eventually hit when they start getting more and more into Kubernetes and that is backups.…