Docker - Dave Jansen

How to dump & restore a MongoDB database from a docker container

MongoDB is an interesting tool. Dead simple to create and modify records (or, "documents") that are basically pure JSON goodness, juxtaposed with at times tools or commands that make you scratch your head in utter confusion and/or disbelief. To help prevent me from having to re-figure this out a

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How to dump & restore a MariaDB/MySQL database from a docker container

In the same vein as my previous post on dumping and restoring your PostgreSQL database, here are mostly copy/paste-able commands for when you're using a MariaDB or MySQL database. How to dump & restore a PostgreSQL database from a docker containerSometimes you need to quickly dump and restore a

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Multi-step Docker Build Container Template for Node.js Applications

This is a simple multi-step Node.js application docker build template that you can use to create self-contained, relatively small-sized and easily deployable images of your application. You can read more about it here, or check the template out on my Github. Why multi-stepThere are several benefits to this, but

Database

How to dump & restore a PostgreSQL database from a docker container

Sometimes you need to quickly dump and restore a PostgreSQL database, but what's the easiest way to do this when your database is in a Docker container? How to dump & restore a MariaDB/MySQL database from a docker containerIn the same vein as my previous post on dumping and

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Ghost, Matomo, MariaDB and Traefik with SSL stack for personal blogs

I have created a basic docker compose stack for people who want to use Ghost and Matomo with SSL. Read on for additional details, or head straight to my GitHub repository for the code. BackgroundFor my personal blog (the one you're reading this on) I had previously set up a

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Quick: Docker Credential Helper

Or; not storing your password in plaintext, because duh. This one got me by surprise; if you log in to something like Docker Hub or so using Docker, by default it stores your password in plaintext. Yikes? Fortunately there's a solution, but it still surprises me that you have to