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Deploying a Minecraft Docker Server to the cloud
One of the simplest examples that people have used over the years of demoing Docker is quickly standing up and running a Minecraft server. This shows the power of using Docker and has a pretty practical application! Recently I wanted to set up a server but I wanted to...
How to Use the NGINX Docker Official Image
NGINX is one of the most popular web servers in the world. Not only is NGINX a fast and reliable static web server, it is also used by a ton of developers as a reverse-proxy that sits in front of their APIs. In this tutorial we will take a look at the NGINX Official...
Docker Hub Incident Review – 5 July 2020
Background This is Docker’s first time publishing an incident report publicly. While we have always done detailed post mortems on incidents internally, as part of the changing culture at Docker, we want to be more open externally as well. For example, this year we...
Deploying WordPress to the Cloud
I was curious the other day how hard it would be to actually set up my own blog or rather I was more interested in how easy it is now to do this with containers. There are plenty of platforms that host blogs for you but is it really now as easy to just run one...
Docker’s sessions at KubeCon 2020
In a few weeks, August 17-20, lots of us at Docker in Europe were looking forward to hopping on the train down to Amsterdam for KubeCon CloudNativeCon Europe. But like every other event since March, this one is virtual so we will all be at home joining remotely. Most...
How To Setup Your Local Node.js Development Environment Using Docker – Part 2
In part I of this series, we took a look at creating Docker images and running Containers for Node.js applications. We also took a look at setting up a database in a container and how volumes and network play a part in setting up your local development environment. In...
Docker Index: Dramatic Growth in Docker Usage Affirms the Continued Rising Power of Developers
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Containerized Python Development – Part 3
This is the last part in the series of blog posts showing how to set up and optimize a containerized Python development environment. The first part covered how to containerize a Python service and the best development practices for it. The second part showed how to...