Category Archives: Technical

Docker Networking

Posted on December 23, 2020 by larry

One of the challenges I have with docker is understanding networking. I thought I understood host and bridge, but the concepts are different in vmware. Bridge is an external connection in vmware, internal in docker. Weight: 320.8

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Special Docker Build

Posted on December 22, 2020 by larry

Building a CentOS 7 kickstart to build an entire docker workstation Ironing out the kinks right now. Should be interesting. Weight: 318.6

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It Finally Came

Posted on December 19, 2020 by larry

Finally got my DeskPi case. Ordered it Sep 28 nearly 3 months ago. Unfortunately I cant do a review on it because I do not have an available Raspberry Pi 4 which I do not anticipate getting till next year … Continue reading →

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Building a pihole

Posted on December 18, 2020 by larry

My buddy Rob was looking at buying a PC for a simple pihole/openvpn. I have a spare PC and am in the process of building it. Had a weird problem that delayed the build though, wouldn’t build from CentOS 7.9 … Continue reading →

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Hardware Build For Docker

Posted on December 17, 2020 by larry

Got the hardware going for my docker machine. AMD Ryzen 3100 currently with 8GB of RAM soon to be 16GB. This will lead to a future box (CPU TBD but Ryzen cause the Mobo is ordered) which will be Docker. … Continue reading →

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So Heavy

Posted on December 16, 2020 by larry

Can’t believe it, just weighed in and so heavy. Marking this as a milestone in a negative way. Need to really make push to lose weight: Another thing is dental hygiene, went to dentist and they said I need to … Continue reading →

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Setting Up PC for Docker

Posted on December 14, 2020 by larry

Starting to get hardware up for my docker use. Luckily I have one PC that should work. It will only support 32GB of RAM so I purchased 16 to start. Hoping it works out ok. Weight: 318.2

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Kubernetes Changing Too

Posted on December 11, 2020 by larry

So I been researching Kubernetes and saw a video posted today that Kubernetes is no longer supporting docker. Things are moving really fast in this industry. Wonder what next, at least this is still early in my kubernetes/container journey. Weight: … Continue reading →

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Learning Kubernetes

Posted on December 10, 2020 by larry

Starting to learn some new tech, finding out it is more complex than anticipated. Learning kubernetes and docker. It is very complex, but I will figure it out. Weight: 320.0

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CentOS Patching

Posted on December 9, 2020 by larry

Going through my production servers and patching them. I keep thinking about what my next steps are. Not sure if I am going to do CentOS stream, but been toying the idea with doing Docker. Looking at the different docker … Continue reading →

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