Comment on Should I move to Docker?
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year agoActually only tried a docker container once tbh. Haven’t put much time into it and was kinda forced to do. So, if I got you right, I do define the container with like nic-setup or ip or ram/cpu/usage and that’s it? And the configuration of the app in the container? is that IN the container or applied “onto it” for easy rebuild-purpose? Right now I just have a ton of (big) backups of all VMs. If I screw up, I’m going back to this morning. Takes like 2 minutes tops. Would I even see a benefit of docker? besides saving much overhead of cours.
felbane@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You don’t actually have to care about defining IP, cpu/ram reservations, etc. Your docker-compose file just defines the applications you want and a port mapping or two, and that’s it.
Example:
That’s it, you run
docker-compose up
and the container starts, reads your config from your config folder, and exposes port 8080 to the rest of your network.Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Oh… But that means I need another server with a reverse-proxy to actually reach it by domain/ip? Luckily caddy already runs fine 😊
Thanks man!
felbane@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most people set up a reverse proxy, yes, but it’s not strictly necessary. You could certainly change the port mapping to
8080:443
and expose the application port directly that way, but then you’d obviously have to jump through some extra hoops for certificates, etc.Caddy is a great solution (and there’s even a container image for it 😉)
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Lol…nah i somehow prefer at least caddy non-containerized. Many domains and ports, i think that would not work great in a container with the certificates (which i also need to manually copy regularly to some apps). But what do i know 😁