TL, DR Docker is a great platform for development and deployment of modern applications. Sometimes you need your Docker container to access some resource published on the host. This guide explains how to access host resources from a Docker container in Linux, Windows, and MacOS. Docker containers In today’s cloud environment Docker is one of… Continue reading Access host resources from a Docker container
Category: Linux
How to check the health of your SSD or HDD?
TL, DR Sometimes you need to check the health status of a SSD or HDD. For instance, when you buy a second hand one. Or when you are preparing a RAID array and you want to make sure there is no disk close to its end-of-life. In Linux you can do so with a few… Continue reading How to check the health of your SSD or HDD?
Fix WSL2 issues to access folders
TL, DR Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2 for its friends) is a great tool developed by Microsoft that let you use a full Linux system fro within your windows machine. However, sometimes WSL2 may have issues to access some Windows folders. Rebooting WSL2 is often the quickest fix. Windows Subsystem for Linux In… Continue reading Fix WSL2 issues to access folders
Deploy a local Docker Registry with GUI
TL, DR During the development of Docker applications you may need to continuously pull and build images. A local Docker registry can help you to save time and effort, especially if your Internet connection is not the fastest in the world. The GUI by joxit helps to make this local Docker registry more user friendly… Continue reading Deploy a local Docker Registry with GUI
Multipass and Portainer to develop with Docker
TL, DR Ubuntu Multipass gives you the ability to create virtual machines on Linux, Windows and MacOS. It provides an image with Docker and Portainer pre-installed, so you can have a local Docker development environment with GUI in no time. Below a few commands to guide your first steps with Multipass and launching the Portainer… Continue reading Multipass and Portainer to develop with Docker
Setup a BeagleBone Green Wireless with HDMI cape
TL, DR BeagleBone HDMI cape needs a specific OS version to work, and we need to prevent upgrades that would break compatibility. This post provides a guide to setup a BeagleBone Green Wireless with the HDMI cape and prevent breaking updates. BeagleBone Green Wireless BeagleBones are open source Single Board Computers (SBC) that can be… Continue reading Setup a BeagleBone Green Wireless with HDMI cape
Schedule an automatic reboot for a Linux server
TL, DR In order to schedule an automatic reboot on our Linux server we need to use SuperUser privileges. Using privileged Crontab we can automate privileged operations on Linux machines. Need privileged automation? Sometimes we need to schedule a periodic reboot for our Linux machine – physical or in the cloud. There is an easy… Continue reading Schedule an automatic reboot for a Linux server
