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…
Tag: docker
What Actually Changed After I Moved My Home Lab to Immutable Linux
I wanted to post an update after using Flatcar for some months now and what has changed in terms of workflows and actual benefits or negatives from moving to Immutable…
Sencho Might Be the Docker Compose Management Tool Home Labs Have Been Waiting For
Docker Compose is still one of my favorite ways to run applications in the home lab. It is simple, it makes sense, it is human-readable, and it is quick to…
I Finally Found a Docker Backup Tool That Fits a Home Lab
There are all kinds of backup solutions out there that do some really amazing things. However, when it comes to Docker, the options start to shrink down. So, when I…
What Worked Great Until My Home Lab Got Bigger (And Why I Moved On)
Like everything else in a home lab, change is inevitable. There are certain tools that served me well at a certain point or size of my home lab that I…
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…
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.…
5 Docker Features Most Home Labbers Are Not Using (But Should Be)
Docker is one of the most popular tools not only in the home lab, but in production environments that lets you run services quickly and easily. If you are like…
Run Proxmox Datacenter Manager in a Docker Container for Home Labs and Testing
If you have been following my recent experiments in the home lab, I recently tested a very cool project for running Proxmox VE Server inside a Docker container. The developer…
Why Dockhand Is One of the Best Docker Management Tools for Secure Operations
I have tried a whole lot of different Docker “dashboards” and consoles over the past few years. We have seen this area explode with many different options available out there…