DevOps

In this article we will be covering building a simple custom Docker image.  Following creating this Docker image we will deploy a container.  Finally, we will add a couple more dependencies, add a tag, and re-deploy our final custom image. First let’s start with some Dockerfile basics:First word is an instruction that it tells the … Explore: How to create a custom Docker image

Docker tags relay useful information about a specific image version.  Tags often than not look like “image_name:#” the part following the colon is your tag.  When you run the docker run command and the image is not local it will go download the latest version.  In our example, that would be ubuntu 20.04.1 but what … Explore: How to apply tags in Docker

As you have seen from previous articles deploying a single container can be easy but what if we need to deploy multiple containers that need to communicate with each other?  Docker Compose is the tool you are seeking but first we have to install it. You can find the instructions here: First, let’s make sure … Explore: How to Install Docker Compose on Linux

Docker’s convenience script installs Docker Engine and its standard command-line components on a supported Linux host with one installer. Use it for a disposable lab, development workstation, or test system—not production—and download the script first so you can inspect and preview its actions before granting it root privileges. Production guardrail: Docker does not recommend the … Explore: Docker Convenience Script: Install Docker on Linux Safely

As we go through several of my DevOps series we will be writing in Python, JSON, & YAML. This is my preferred free tool to used to convert YAML into JSON or Python if the situation calls for it. Just copy & paste your YAML file into the left plane and at the bottom select … Explore: My Preferred YAML Converter to JSON or Python…

As we go through several of my DevOps series we will be writing and using YAML files. This is my preferred free tool to use to deploy YAML files with confidence. Copy & paste your .yml file into the left plane and click validate. This tool does a great job of identifying the exact line … Explore: My Preferred YAML Validation Tool

As we go through several of my DevOps series we will be writing and using JSON files. This is my preferred free tool to use to deploy JSON files with confidence. Just copy and paste your JSON file and click Validate JSON and it will fix spacing errors or call out bad formatting. If you … Explore: My Preferred JSON Validation Tool

As I always say, the difference between a good engineer and a SME is repetitions.  Already in this back to basics series, we’ve covered Git, GitHub, and YAML files.  Now comes time to get familiar with Docker containers.  The best way to do this is to build your own lab.  There are a few ways … Explore: Install Docker Engine for Linux

There are going to come times when you want to be able to open your favorite text editor while working on an Ubuntu server. My favorite editor of choice is Visual Studio Code. This is a real quick and simple way to show you how to add the snap in. # apt-get install snapd# snap … Explore: Install Visual Studio Code via Official Snap in…

As part of my back to basics series I thought I would create an article on base Docker container commands.  Obviously, there are a lot more ways to dig into the CLI but this is a good set of commands to start with. $ docker run -it <image name> This will allow you to go … Explore: Docker Container CLI Cheat Sheet

As part of my back to basics series, I figured I should cover YAML files.  YAML will come in handy as we use Docker Compose and in the future when we cover Kubernetes.  In my future blog on using Docker Compose we will use the YAML file in the below example.  This article is supposed … Explore: What is YAML

There comes a time when you have others with access to modify or add to your repository that changes occur from the central repo and your workstation repo.  In this article, I will quickly show how to use the fetch and pull commands to update your local repo with modifications made to the central repo. … Explore: Fetch vs Pull with Visual Studio Code

There comes a time when you have others with access to modify or add to your repository that changes occur from the central repo and your workstation repo.  In this article, I will quickly show how to use the fetch and pull commands to update your local repo with modifications made to the central repo. … Explore: Fetch vs Pull with Git Bash

There are two methods I use to push code to GitHub.  Method 1. Visual Studio Code.  Method 2. Git Bash.  Both are effective and I know people who use one over the other all the time.  In this article I will walk through cloning your repo in GitHub locally via SSH, clone the repo, and … Explore: Clone Repository & Push Changes using Git Bash

There are two methods I use to push code to GitHub.  Method 1. Visual Studio Code.  Method 2. Git Bash.  Both are effective and I know people who use one over the other all the time.  In this article I will walk through cloning your repo in GitHub locally via HTTPS, clone the repo, and … Explore: Clone Repository & Push Changes using Visual Studio…

As I am recreating my environment from scratch I am having to go back and re-create a lot of content.  I thought this might be a good time to generate some basic how to blogs.  In this next article I will be showing everyone a quick way to create a repository in GitHub. If you … Explore: Create a Repository in GitHub

Call it personal preference but I prefer to connect to GitHub via SSH instead of HTTPS.  If there are others out there that prefer this method I thought I would take the time to write a quick how to article on making an SSH connection from your local Git to your GitHub account. Before creating … Explore: Establish SSH Connection between Local Git & GitHub

Sometimes, when deploying Git you may forget to select Visual Studio Code as your default editor.  I thought I would take a quick moment to show everyone how fast and easy you can change the default global editor in the Git Bash console. If Git is not installed yet, start with the step-by-step guide to … Explore: Make Visual Studio Code Default Editor in Git…

Recently, I was asked my code editor of choice and I default to VS Code unless I need a different editor for application specific customizations.  First we must download the executable for windows x64 Summary:As you can see it is very quick to download and install Visual Studio Code.  Configuring and adding add on’s is … Explore: Install Visual Studio Code for Windows

Install Git on Windows with the official setup wizard or winget, choose the right installer options, configure Git, verify it, and fix common setup problems.