Docker containers are used for lightweight system virtualisation. It’s quite simple to run a docker container, but there is also a bewildering range of options for things you can do. In this post I’ve pulled together a few of the more common and useful ways to run a docker container. I’m assuming you have downloaded… Read More »
What is docker? Docker is a technology for software containers – small virtual systems that can be used to support lightweight system virtualization. A Docker container is a bit like a virtual machine. Rather than being an entire standalone operating system, the container shares some elements of its host operating system. Containers can have big… Read More »
Samba is a protocol that makes file sharing across a network easy (great if you have your own home server). This post has a few samba basics – commands and operations to help you configure and run your samba shared folders. Setting up samba Read about how you can setup and configure Samba for a… Read More »
This post shows you how to set up a simple linux home server, and how you can use it to share files across your home network. This simple process will help get you going with a basic home server system which will be flexible enough for you to extend and develop. 1. Select Your Hardware… Read More »
Logging can offer much more flexibility than simply printing a message to the console but it can be difficult to know where to start. This post looks a some examples of simple python logging to get you started. Why ‘log’ instead of ‘print’? Printing to the console is usually one of the first things you… Read More »