Hey folks, I haven’t written a blog post since before the covid pandemic started and I wanted to share some stuff I’ve been working on. As many of you know I’ve been singing the praises of Docker and containerised tooling since 2013 and Docker continues to bring me joy daily…

Disclaimer: This is just a short post that some folks may find useful and other folks may call a gimmick. It is what is it :) The “problem” A lot of the automation I interact with or tools I create are integrated into Slack in some form. Whether the tooling is…

Docker 20.10.0-Beta is here so let’s take it for a spin using Multipass and kick the tyres on the biggest Docker release this year. There is a ton of good stuff in 20.10.0 and the CHANGELOG is here. Install Multipass Instructions can be found here : https://multipass.run. Cloud Init This…

Docker Swarm Job support is almost here. Let’s test it out. Support for running “one-off” jobs in Docker Swarm is one of the most long awaited features in Swarm. The code will be included in Docker 20.03.0 but is available now for testing. Using Multipass : https://multipass.run you can setup…

This post was inspired by a recent Docker Blog post by Tõnis Tiigi. Update : The manual steps detailed throughout this post have been mostly automated by the “docker artifact” CLI plugin. Code can be found here : https://github.com/tomwillfixit/docker-artifact . All feedback welcome. The “COPY –from=stage0 /binary0 /bin” approach was…

After several years of using Docker, “where’s my container?” is still one of the most common questions I hear from new users. …

Inspiration for this short post came from a tweet by Sebastiaan Van Stijn : (https://twitter.com/thaJeztah/status/1124747699050311680). Working on systems with various versions of docker, it might be useful to take a quick look at the changelog for the installed version. The first approach was to create an alias like this : …

Serverless and FaaS (Functions as a Service) has been a hot topic over the past few years. Like any new approach FaaS has attracted it’s share of criticism while others may be a little more enthusiastic about its potential. As someone who wanted to evaluate some of the pros and…

First up I need to thank my manager Adam Comerford @RiotGames for making it possible for me to visit DockerCon EU 2018 in Barcelona. It’s been a busy few days filled with new connections, new ideas, new innovators and a renewed passion for Docker Swarm. Disclaimer : Although I’m a…