Docker containers opened a world of possibilities for the tech community, hassles in setting up new software were decreased unlike old times when a mess was to be sorted by a grievous format, it reduced the time to set up and use new software which eventu... (more…)

Docker is a new craze which is quite popular nowadays. I don’t know much before about it but at my internship, I attended a workshop from… (more…)

This example application demonstrates the simplest service discovery setup for a load balanced application and multiple named sub-applications using Docker.

You’ve got a nice new Dockerfile, and it’s time to try it out: $ docker build -t mynewimage . Sending build context to Docker daemon 3.072kB Step 1/3 : FROM python:3.8-slim-buster ---> 3d8f801fc3db Step 2/3 : COPY build.sh . ---> 541b65a7b417 Step 3... (more…)

If you’re building a Docker image that’s based on Conda, the resulting images can be huge. For example, later I will show how a simple image with just Python 3.8 and NumPy can be over 950MB! Large images waste bandwidth, disk, time, and CPU: how do you ma... (more…)