Running as root on Docker images that don’t use root
tl;dr: specify the --user root argument:
docker exec --interactive \
--tty \
--user root \
--workdir / \
container-name bashDocker Tips and Tricks with Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, and Kafka
A few years ago a colleague of mine told me about this thing called Docker, and I must admit I dismissed it as a fad…how wrong was I. Docker, and Docker Compose, are one of my key tools of the trade. With them I can build self-contained environments for tutorials, demos, conference talks etc. Tear it down, run it again, without worrying that somewhere a local config changed and will break things.
ERROR: Invalid interpolation format for “command” option in service…
Doing some funky Docker Compose stuff, including:
Running a Docker Container on Proxmox for BitTorrent Sync
(Previously, previously, previously)
Since Proxmox 4 has a recent Linux kernel and mainline one at that, it means that Docker can be run on it. I’ve yet to really dig into Docker and work out when it makes sense in place of Linux Containers (LXC), so this is going to be a learning experience for me.
To install Docker, add Backports repo to apt:
root@proxmox01:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main And then install:
A New Arrival
After a long and painful delivery, I’m delighted to announce the arrival of a new addition to my household … :
This custom-build from Scan 3XS is sat in my study quietly humming away. I’m going to use it for hosting VMs for R&D on OBIEE, Big Data Lite, Elastic, InfluxDB, Kafka, etc. I’ll blog various installations that I’ve done on it as a reference for myself, and anyone else interested.