Visualize Your Docker-Compose with Mermaid + docker-compose-viz This Weekend
I have been big into documenting my home lab and finding tools that are great for creating documentation for my DevOps processes in the lab and in production. This has…
Tag: docker
Portainer 2.33 LTS Released with Alerting, New Look, Helm Overhaul and More!
Portainer has long been on the lists of best Docker tools that you can use in the home lab and in production environments. REcently, they have announced the new Portainer…
Docker Compose Tricks I Wish I Knew Sooner
Most likely when you start playing around with and using Docker containers in your home lab and production environments, you will eventually start becoming familiar with Docker Compose. Docker compose…
10 Common Docker Container Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Running Docker containers is an absolute game changer for your home lab and production environments where they make sense. If you are wanting an easy way to spin up new…
12 Essential Steps I Take on Every New Docker Host
I get excited when I am spinning up a new Docker container host as I think about all the new, cool workloads and projects that can be ran on it.…
Home Assistant Docker Compose Design Decisions: Networking, Storage, Backups
If you have been wanting to get into Home Assistant, it is a growing ecosystem that is fun and exciting. And, if you already have a home lab environment, which…
Docker Networking Tutorial: Bridge vs. Macvlan vs. Overlay for Home Labs
Everyone starts out using the default bridge network in a Docker container environment. And, if you are running standalone Docker hosts there is likely nothing wrong with using this network…
Docker Security Tips for Container Hosts & Ansible Playbook
Running containers in your lab or production environment is one of the best things you can do, not only for learning, but running workloads efficiently. Over the last couple of…
How I Use Docker Labels and Compose Tricks to Organize 75+ Containers
When you start to have a large number of containers in your fleet, these can begin to become hard to manage. If you are juggling lots of services across many…
Freelens is an Open Source and Free Kubernetes IDE for 2025!
I have been playing around with various Kubernetes IDE solutions for years now and there are many different ones that offer great solutions for working with Kubernetes to be honest.…