Containers
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Move Docker Container to another host
In working with Docker containers, you will inevitably have a use case where you need to move your docker container from one host to another or back up the container to bring it back onto a host after a rebuild…
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Kube-VIP configuration for K3s control plane HA
As you get further into your Kubernetes journey, learning about various configurations of your Kubernetes cluster, you will want to create a high-availability Kubernetes control plane configuration for your Kubernetes cluster. After all, you don’t want to rely on a…
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K3sup – automated K3s Kubernetes cluster install
When working with Kubernetes clusters in the home lab and spinning up learning environments, automation is key to creating dependable lab environments and even “production” environments for home using Kubernetes clusters. If you are looking for a tool to automate…
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Openlens Kubernetes IDE – Opensource Lens Desktop
If you are looking for a Kubernetes IDE solution that provides a graphical interface for interacting with your Kubernetes clusters, you may have stumbled onto Lens, an excellent product from Mirantis. Many have wondered about the future of the product…
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Install Hashicorp Vault in Kubernetes
A great solution to run inside Kubernetes is Hashicorp Vault. Vault server is a solution from Hashicorp that allows you to securely introduce secrets management and inject secrets in your environment by using environment variables, dynamic API calls, etc. You…
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Rancher upgrade to the latest version
Suse Rancher is one of the coolest open-source tools you can use to manage, create, and configure your Kubernetes cluster, and it provides many great features that we will discuss. If you are already running Rancher, one of the tasks…
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IIS to Docker Image with Windows Admin Center
Many organizations heavily utilizing traditional IIS websites running on top of full virtual machines would like to start migrating to a more modern approach using containers running on top of Docker. By running Windows containers, we can successfully run IIS…
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Rancher cloud-config.yml Example SSH keys in VMware vSphere nodes
If you have played around with modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu and specifically the Ubuntu cloud images, there is functionality built into new Linux distros called cloud-init that allows customizing and initializing your Linux installation. If you are using Rancher…
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Install Harvester in VMware ESXi
I have been playing around with Harvester by Rancher which is a pretty cool project that combines Kubernetes with Virtual Machines. For those that want to play around with Harvester and may not have a physical workstation to play around…
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Rancher Kubevirt with Harvester Virtual Machines with Kubernetes
Rancher Harvester is a product from Rancher that allows organizations to run an HCI solution in their infrastructure. Wait, isn’t Rancher about running Kubernetes? It is. However, using Rancher Harvester, you can actually use it to run virtual machines. How…
