10 Examples of how to get Docker Container IP Address
One thing that is so much fun about the need virtualization paradigm we are heading towards is that in the age of “software defined”, the flexibility of how to do things with infra are much more like programming then working with highly opinionated traditional infrastructure. Along that thread, here are 10 different ways to get a container or docker-machine address …
Running Docker Machine on Rackspace Public Cloud
Next up I am giving Docker Machine on Rackspace public cloud a whirl. If you don’t have an account and want to check it out take a look at their developer+ credit. Here is a gif diagram (I’m addicted to making gifs atm, sometimes not even cats doing cute fluffy cat stuff like here) overviewing Docker Machine. To get installed …
Docker Machine Provisioning on AWS
Next up in the docker machine series of integration posts is spinning up some cloud resources on Amazon EC2. The model is the same as previous docker machine posts, boot a VM running as a Docker host, add your cloud credentials for the provider and use your regular docker client commands on the remote Docker host in Amazon. The docker …
Normalizing the Cloud with Docker Machine
Docker machine creates a virtual machine running Docker located in an array of locations that I can then create containers and ship workloads to. The locations and types you can provision to range from the who is who of cloud computing, workstation resources and traditional on prem local resources sitting in the average enterprise DC. What I get from using …
Using Docker Machine to Provision on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has done a pretty amazing job with Azure over the years. It has been really cool seeing Microsoft embrace Docker and open source in general like they recently have. This post is a continuation of the series on docker machine provisioning to dev hypervisors, DC infra and cloud providers. If you are new to Azure or don’t have an …
Starting OVSDB and vSwitchd in OpenvSwitch with Debugging Enabled
Here are some quick notes on how I went about debugging OVSDB (ovsdb-server) and OVS vSwitchd (ovs-vsctl). There are lots of ways to debug OVS these are what I used to get debug logs generated. Those logs are helpful troubleshooting for OVSDB transactions and OpenFlow commands when using the ovs-vctl or OVSDB and OpenFlow APIs. Dont do this unless you …
Docker Command One Liners
I love the code snippets, it’s how I learn any syntax by rolling up the sleeves, hacking and breaking while taking notes along the way. It’s probably not the most efficient but the muscle memory is how I learn. Here is a list of one liners from my notes in no particular order (even though I tried to in a …
Brent’s Technology Bookmarks from June
Lots going on in the past couple of months. While current projects have me pretty busy I wanted to share some good reads and interesting developments in the industry. In no particular order: Thats all for now. Have a great weekend.
