Why systemd-nspawn for Development Containers? If you've ever wanted to let an AI code agent or experimental script run wild without worrying about it wreaking havoc on your system, you need isolation. While Docker is the go-to solution for many, systemd-nspawn offers a compelling alternative...
Lately, I have been digging into the OCI Runtime specification and runc, its reference implementation written in Go. Although I have been working with containers for as long as Kubernetes has existed, I must now admit that the runtime aspect of the standardization effort, which Linux containers...
Since its creation SQL Server has been synonymous with Microsoft and Windows, but this all changed with SQL Server 2016. SQL Server is no longer just a database for Windows and in this post, we'll be going over the steps to get Microsoft SQL Server running on Linux in a Docker container using...
I am just recently starting to use Docker again after an about six year hiatus from it (used regularly ~2014-2015). I do not recommend following the actions I document here in any way, shape, or form, but wanted to chronicle them in case it's educational for others, or in case I don't use Docker...