Containers

This post explains how I run samba and avahi-daemon inside a docker container to act as a time-machine server for all the Mac computers on my home network. Dockerfile I used ubuntu:focal as a base image and created the following Dockerfile: FROM ubuntu:focal #Install samba and avahi-daemon inside the image RUN apt update && apt install samba avahi-daemon -y #Expose the ports which are needed for samba and avahi-daemon EXPOSE 137/udp 138/udp 139 445 5353/udp #Copy config files into the image COPY smb....

Github Repo All the code required can be found in the github repo: github.com/edrandall-dev/kubernetes-on-ec2 Introduction Last year, when I was learning Kubernetes, I wanted to create my own cluster on AWS using EC2 instances. The idea behind this was go through the installation of Kubernetes from start to finish, learning everything I needed to along the way. I’ve also used Amazon’s Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to deploy Neo4j using the official Neo4j Helm Charts....

Setting up your own VPN can be complex In this post , I went through how I’ve setup Wireguard to be able to connect back to my home network when on the road. When it comes to choosing a VPN, Wireguard stands out for me in terms of speed, security and ease of configuration. However, there are a few complexities associated with setting up any VPN to securely connect back to a home network....

Overview This post covers 3 major topics: Kubernetes Lab Environment: The steps that I took to setup a Kubernetes cluster from scratch, in a self-hosted virtualised environment using Oracle Virtualbox and Hashicorp Vagrant Kubernetes Notes, Commands and Manifests: A collection of commands which I noted down as part of my preparation for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator exam Information Sources: A list of links to the main sources of information which I used when creating this environment and learning Kubernetes Kubernetes Lab Environment The VMs which formed the Kubernetes cluster were deployed on a Dell Precision workstation with plenty of CPU and RAM resources:...

This is a very quick script to get a single instance of neo4j running in a docker container. The username and password is set using the NEO4J_AUTH environment variable. #!/bin/bash # # Script: neo4j-docker.sh # Purpose: install neo4j container image after some simple environmentment prep # DOCKER=$(which docker) [ $? == 0 ] || { echo "ERROR: Check if docker is installed (and in your PATH)" ; exit 1; } DATA_DIR="$HOME/docker/neo4j-volumes/data" LOG_DIR="$HOME/docker/neo4j-volumes/logs" IMPORT_DIR="$HOME/docker/neo4j-volumes/import" PLUGINS_DIR="$HOME/docker/neo4j-volumes/plugins" RUNNING_CONTAINER=$($DOCKER ps -a | grep "neo4j:latest" | awk {'print $1'}) [ -z "$RUNNING_CONTAINER" ] || docker rm -f $RUNNING_CONTAINER [ -d $DATA_DIR ] && rm -rf $DATA_DIR/* || mkdir $DATA_DIR [ -d $LOG_DIR ] && rm -rf $DATA_DIR/* || mkdir $LOG_DIR [ -d $IMPORT_DIR ] && rm -rf $DATA_DIR/* || mkdir $IMPORT_DIR [ -d $PLUGINS_DIR ] && rm -rf $DATA_DIR/* || mkdir $PLUGINS_DIR $DOCKER run \ --name testneo4j \ -p7474:7474 -p7687:7687 \ -d \ -v $DATA_DIR:/data \ -v $LOG_DIR:/logs \ -v $IMPORT_DIR:/var/lib/neo4j/import \ -v $PLUGINS_DIR:/plugins \ --env NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/test1234 \ neo4j:latest