Podlike Podlike: example use-cases If we can run co-located containers on Docker Swarm mode, what can we use them for? This post goes through a few made-up example stacks, and explains the setup and the configuration of the components within the sort-of pods.
Home Lab Home Lab - Open sourcing the stacks The final post in the series describes the various Swarm stacks I now have in GitHub, and explains the workflows around them.
Docker Swarm secrets made easy A recent Docker update came with a small but important change for service secrets and configs, that enables a much easier way to manage and update them when deploying Swarm stacks.
Automation Automatic domain and SSL management Create and maintain DNS records on Cloudflare, secure the communication to the origin servers using certificates from Let's Encrypt, and how to make this painless and fully automated.
Home Lab Home Lab - Monitoring madness Having looked at the configuration and setup of the services in the Home Lab, it's time to talk about how we can monitor them, and manage their logs.
Home Lab Home Lab - Configuring the cattle Explaining the way, auto-configuration works in my Home Lab. Driven by Docker, generated by Python tools, fully automated (almost).
Home Lab Home Lab - Swarming servers This post in the Home Lab series explains how I extended my stack to multiple servers with Docker Swarm and some of the configuration changes around it.
Home Lab Home Lab - Setting up for Docker In the second post of the series I dive into the details of what is involved setting up for an ever-growing number of applications on a handful of physical servers on my Home Lab.
Home Lab Home Lab - Overview This post is the first in a series explaining the setup I use to run my websites and their related services at home on cheap hardware using containers.