Monthly Archives: September 2019
Docker and issues with using minimal Fedora base images
It is recomended when creating docker images that minimal images be used. In the case of Fedora it is recomended that for smallest images the minimal image should be used and “microdnf” be used instead of the full blown “dnf” … Continue reading
Installing a F30 network install and recovery server
In these days of cloud images being launched at the push of a button, and customised via heat patterns or user configuration scripts, network install via pxe boot seems to have dropped out of the news. As most home users … Continue reading
Docker container network isolation can be a pain.
I have been embarking on an exercise to migrate some of the smaller applications I use into Docker containers. This is the reverse of my prior more secure approach where I wanted 3rd part apps that may be insecure but … Continue reading
Docker Isolation, and non-Isolation
Docker is not KVM, there are major security trade-offs with a container, The key ones are shown below. Processes are not isolated The processes that are run by containers run for all intents and purposes as processes on the Docker … Continue reading