containers
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Containers
Build Your Own Arpwatch Docker Container to Watch Your Network
If you are looking for a solution to monitor Ethernet address changes in your network, arp monitoring is a great way to do this. ARP or address resolution protocol is the protocol that sends out an arp request. there is…
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Containers
Secure Nginx Proxy Manager Admin Interface with SSL
I really like Nginx Proxy Manager to secure my Docker containers running onย Docker hostsย with SSL certificates. I find it to be extremely intuitive and it is absolutely one of those โmust haveโ tools in the home lab environment that you…
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Containers
Best Containers for DevOps in 2025
I use a LOT of Docker containers in the home lab and in myย DevOps journeyย to continually work with various code projects, automation, and just running applications in containers. There are myriads of DevOps containers to be aware of that provide…
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Containers
Docker Swarm is Awesome with Portainer
I have been revisiting how I have been running containers in my home lab. While Kubernetes is awesome, and I continue to run various deployments of it in the home lab, for the most part, most of my “production” containers…
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Software Defined Storage
GlusterFS configuration in Ubuntu Server 22.04 and 24.04
In preparing to spin up a home lab Docker Swarm cluster, I wanted to get a working GlusterFS configuration setup on my Ubuntu Server virtual machines. Let’s look at what GlusterFS is and how you can configure it in Ubuntu…
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Containers
Best Docker Container Commands You Aren’t Using
Docker has a lot of functionality from the command line and has built-in commands that allow doing a lot of different things with your containers. However, there are several Docker commands that you may not be using and you should…
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Containers
OpenShift Local on Windows 11 and Troubleshooting Errors
With all the tumult across the virtualization space this year, many have been looking at alternative solutions to running virtualized environments, containers, VMs, etc. There are many great solutions out there. One that I haven’t personally tried before putting the…
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Containers
Kubernetes Alternatives: Top 5 Container Orchestration Platforms
if you start looking at container orchestration, there is not a single tool that you will hear about more than Kubernetes. It has been THE solution for a number of years now as an orchestration layer tool to run containers…
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Containers
Docker Desktop Alternative: 5 Container Management Solutions Pros and Cons
If you are like me and using containers for more and more solutions, both self-hosting and DevOps processes, I am always on the lookout for better tools and alternatives. Docker Desktop is a solution that many use to run Docker…
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes v1.30 New Features
Kubernetes is an exciting technology in production and in the home lab that is continually evolving. Kubernetes v1.30 is set to bring many exciting changes. Among these changes are new features in alpha, established features that are making their way…