docker

Call it The GCDLADB if you like.

2 min read May 10, 2019 | Updated: Sep 4, 2019 15:28
Most of the servers I deploy to and manage here at Grinnell College are now “Dockerized”, and all of those use Traefik to manage traffic, of course. Before a web app or server can be opened for access to the world here, it has to pass a vulnerability scan, and I’m not privy to the specifics of that scan. However, I do know that “weak cipher suites” are a common source of failure among my newest servers. It took a couple of weeks of searching, and trial/error solution attempts to identify the nature and specific source of these weaknesses, and to eradicate them. ...

Dockerized Omeka-S: Starting Over

6 min read Jul 25, 2019 | Updated: Sep 3, 2019 15:14
Attention! The Docksal portion of this discussion DID NOT WORK PROPERLY so I’ve hidden it from public view. Don’t use this project with Docksal (fin commands) until further notice! I’ve created a new fork of dodeeric/omeka-s-docker at DigitalGrinnell/omeka-s-docker, and it introduces a new docker-compose.yml file for spinning Omeka-S up locally, but WITHOUT Docksal (due to problems with the integration originally documented here). System requirements for local development of this project currently include: Docker (Community Edition) Git Local Development and Testing If your workstation is able to run the aforementioned required components then the following steps can be used to launch and develop a local instance. ...

Resetting Docker

1 min read Jul 27, 2019 | Updated: Jul 31, 2019 13:59
This command snippet needs a blog post of its own! I typically use the following command stream to clean up any Docker cruft before I begin anew. Note: Uncomment the third line ONLY if you want to delete images and download new ones. If you do, be patient, it could take several minutes depending on connection speed. Workstation Commands docker stop $(docker ps -q) docker rm -v $(docker ps -qa) # docker image rm $(docker image ls -q) docker system prune –force And that’s a wrap. ...

A Blog is Born

2 min read Nov 18, 2018
Have you ever wondered how a blog is born? The story behind this blog begins with my interest in stepping back from the CMS world, primarily Drupal, to discover the joys of static site generation. The journey begins in earnest at the 2016 DLF Forum: Milwaukee on the eve of the United States’ 2016 national election, when all the buzz that wasn’t political, was about building static web sites, and Jekyll. A few weeks after the DLF Forum this server was born, thanks to the my colleagues in the Grinnell College (GC) Libraries, and Grinnell’s Information Technology Services (ITS) department. ...