Containers

Loading Microsoft C/C++ DLLs in Windows Containers
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Loading Microsoft C/C++ DLLs in Windows Containers

In the past few days, I have been working with Windows containers, and I have been facing issues with loading certain DLLs in these containers from my applications. It has been the classic “It works on my machine” problem, meaning it has been working without any issues on my host Windows machine. However, when running…

Task-based containers using Kubernetes Jobs
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Task-based containers using Kubernetes Jobs

Containers are widely used for deploying and running applications. There are several benefits for containerizing applications. They offer a consistent environment for applications to be deployed to together with their dependencies. Containers are able to isolate workloads, and guarantee a certain amount of resources for each workload. In addition, they can be created fast, on…

Local Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm and Weave Ignite
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Local Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm and Weave Ignite

As someone who is just learning Kubernetes, I want a local cluster where I can learn the basics of Kubernetes by testing and breaking things! I have lately been testing different tools for creating local kubernets clusters, and there are many good tools for doing so. However, many of them only spin up a single…