Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters

About this episode

The episode discusses the use of Docker and containers for self-hosters, exploring their benefits and contexts of use.

This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “ A Great Year for Linux ”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology . We discuss our experiences with containers, who they are for, and the contexts in which we find them useful. If you are self-hosting, and are container curious, this one is for you! (00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper Podcast (00:19) Bonus episode connected to Season 1 Episode 1: A Great Year for Linux . Time to get technical! (01:29) This discussion will not cover Permissions , File Systems, or Backups. (02:32) Lemmy Discussion - What is keeping people away from Containers (02:47) Ameridroid Sponsor: LINUXPREPPER code (03:16) What are Containers for? (04:05) HB describes making a text adventure game (in Docker) (04:42) MagPi Magazine (05:09) TTYD: Share your Terminal on the Web (06:12) Why containerize TTYD? (07:05) Managing multiple iterations through containers (07:47) Use of containers, as opposed to Python virtual environments (08:53) When does it make sense for someone to consider containers? (10:30) Docker run commands . similar to bash scripting (12:30)…

People in this episode

Host: Full Name

Guest: HB

Topics covered

• Docker
• Containers
• Self-hosting
• Technical discussion
• Container technology
• Linux

Keywords

• Docker
• Containers
• Self-hosting
• Technical discussion
• Linux
• Compose Files
• Portainer

Sponsors

Ameridroid

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MagPi Magazine

Products: NextcloudPi, TTYD, Docker, Compose Files, Portainer

Books & works: A Great Year for Linux

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