I remember me being slighty overwhelmed back in the day when I started to use Docker. Its idea sounded simple and the sales pitch was convincing, but I had difficulties to find a starting point, even though I was already familiar with Vagrant at that time... (more…)

There are two ways to build a Docker image: Running an image, modifying and committing it. This requires access to the live container. Using Dockerfile to build it. ... (more…)

The Solace Messaging Format (SMF) protocol uses port 55555 as default (and 55003 for compressed, and 55443 for TLS). (more…)

In what cases is it okay to have your database run in a Docker container? Are you doing it wrong, without knowing it? What are the tradeoffs, pitfalls and best practices around that topic? (more…)

Need to push logs from containers somewhere else? Let's look how to change default log driver! (more…)