I often need to test a specific Linux binary or make sure something works as expected from yum install or apt install. To do this, it’s common to have a virtual machine lying around, or even a VPS that you can just quickly log into. Things are a bit easie... (more…)

If you’re looking for simple and painless Hadoop deployment, Docker is right tool for you. deployment. (more…)

Docker is a set of tools and services used to build, manage and deploy containers. (more…)

This is specific to using Docker Compose on a single server deploy. Here's how I arrived at this choice after years of experimenting. (more…)

Full Discloser: While reading this blog post, please put yourself in my shoes. (more…)