Containers are meant to provide component isolation in a modern software stack. Put your database in one container, your web application in another, and they can all be scaled, managed, restarted, and ...

Simplifying the mystery: When to use docker, docker-compose, docker swarm and Kubernetes Your email has been sent Recently, I had a reader reach out to me wanting to understand the difference between ...

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. In other words, if you have a need to define a service that requires more than ...

I have been self-hosting several apps in Docker containers on my home server out of sheer convenience. Taking a leaf from the books of my XDA colleagues who use Docker in their home labs for ...

Tom explains that most multi-tiered apps are dynamic and deployed in multiple locations so their components also will need to be updated. This is the fourth article in a series on running applications ...

When you’re a beginner to the self-hosting ecosystem, Docker is hands-down the best companion on your containerization journey. After all, it’s well documented and has a plethora of convenient tools ...

If you are searching for a more efficient way to deploy your projects you might be interested in this excellent guide to using Docker Stack by Dreams of Code. The frustration of manual redeployments, ...

Container instances. Calling docker run on an OCI image results in the allocation of system resources to create a ...