Tag: #container
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 22 posts
Bringing Container Images into an Air-Gapped Network — podman save and skopeo Are Different Tools
Once the RPM transfer procedure has settled into place, the next request is almost always container images. It starts by separating podman save from the skopeo copy family — one goes through the local image store, the ot
2026-08-14 · 12 min read #linux#rhel#air-gap#podman#skopeoThe Generational Shift in Container Infrastructure — What Eleven Projects Left Behind
Eleven projects that were once standard parts of a container infrastructure and have since been replaced, documented using only official notices and repository archive status as evidence. rkt, dockershim, Classic Swarm,
2026-08-12 · 10 min read #open-source#kubernetes#container#docker#infrastructureYou Added Registry Instances and Availability Did Not Move — What zot Scale-Out Actually Sells
Taking zot as the example, this post takes apart the scaling design of a container registry. A structure that assigns repositories to instances by consistent hashing and has non-owner nodes proxy the request onward is sh
2026-08-09 · 8 min read #devops#oci#registry#zot#containerHow to Read Container Image Vulnerability Scan Results — The Real Way to Turn Hundreds of Criticals Into Zero
Run an image scanner for the first time and you get thousands of vulnerabilities, a good number of them Critical. Hand that report to the team as is and nothing happens. This post starts from the fact that all a scanner
2026-07-26 · 13 min read #security#container#docker#trivy#kubernetesWhat Actually Differs Between a Container and a VM — namespace, cgroup, and the Bill for Sharing a Kernel
Starts with why the explanation that a container is a lightweight VM breeds misunderstanding. A container is an ordinary Linux process whose view is masked by namespaces and whose resources are limited by cgroups, and it
2026-07-26 · 13 min read #docker#container#linux-namespace#cgroup#virtualizationShrinking Docker Images — The Truth About Layers, Multi-Stage Builds, and What a Base Image Really Costs
Start by pinpointing, layer by layer with dive, exactly where a Docker image balloons to 1.9GB. This piece covers why the union filesystem makes RUN rm incapable of removing a single byte from an image, exactly what a mu
2026-07-26 · 12 min read #docker#dockerfile#multi-stage-build#container#devopsPodman 6.0 — slirp4netns, CNI, and cgroups v1 Removed; macOS's Default Provider Is Now libkrun
On June 24, 2026, Podman 6.0.0 shipped as its first major release in 27 months since 5.0. Support for slirp4netns, CNI, iptables, cgroups v1, and BoltDB was removed all at once, Intel Mac and Windows 10 support was dropp
2026-07-17 · 13 min read #container#podman#docker#linux#macosEROFS Native Layers in containerd 2.3 — What You Get in Exchange for Removing Unpack
containerd 2.3, released on April 30, 2026, opened a path to pull an EROFS filesystem image straight from the registry and mount it as-is. Since there's no tar to unpack, the entire unpack step disappears, leaving behind
2026-07-16 · 18 min read #container#containerd#oci#storage#linuxContainers Are a Lie — The Kernel Truth Behind cgroups and Namespaces
There is no container object in the kernel. A tour of the seven namespaces, hands-on cgroup v2 file manipulation, building a mini container with unshare and pivotroot, overlayfs, capabilities, and seccomp — we dissect ea
2026-06-13 · 17 min read #linux#kernel#container#cgroups#namespacesA Deep Dive into apple/container — The Lightweight VM Approach to macOS Containers
We examine the limits of Docker Desktop and its single shared Linux VM on macOS, then analyze the one-VM-per-container model adopted by apple/container. The post covers the Container Machine feature unveiled at WWDC26, a
2026-06-12 · 19 min read #apple-container#virtualization#macos#docker#containerContainer Registries in 2026 — Docker Hub / GHCR / ECR / Harbor / Quay / Zot / Cosign + Sigstore Deep Dive
In 2026, container registries are no longer just a docker push away. Following Docker Hub pricing changes, GHCR has effectively become the OSS standard. Harbor has matured into the self-hosting default as a CNCF graduate
2026-05-16 · 27 min read #container#registry#docker-hub#ghcr#ecrDocker Desktop Alternatives 2026 — Podman / OrbStack / Colima / Finch / Rancher Desktop Deep-Dive Comparison
Five years after Docker Desktops August 2021 pricing change, the container tooling landscape has been completely reshaped. In 2026, containerd is the de facto industry-standard runtime, and on top of it sit a constellati
2026-05-15 · 22 min read #docker#podman#orbstack#colima#finchA Modern Understanding of the Operating System — io_uring, cgroups/namespaces, eBPF, NUMA, GPU UVM, EEVDF, Zero-Copy Complete Guide (2025)
iouring as the successor to epoll, the cgroups + namespaces that made Docker, the eBPF that injects code into the kernel safely, the hidden cost NUMA imposes, GPU drivers and UVM, the EEVDF scheduler that landed in Linux
2026-04-15 · 13 min read #operating-systems#linux#io-uring#cgroups#namespacesContainer & Docker Internals Deep Dive — Namespace, cgroups, OverlayFS, seccomp, Capabilities and Kubernetes (2025)
"A container is not a lightweight VM." Behind a single docker run there are 7 Linux namespaces, cgroups v2, OverlayFS layers, seccomp filters, and Linux capabilities. From LXC in 2008 to Docker in 2013, OCI standardizati
2026-04-15 · 12 min read #docker#container#namespace#cgroups#overlayfsDocker & Kubernetes Essentials — From Containers to Orchestration
Everything about containers: Docker fundamentals, Dockerfile best practices, Kubernetes core concepts (Pod/Service/Deployment), Helm, and real-world deployment.
2026-04-12 · 15 min read #devops#docker#kubernetes#container#orchestrationDocker Complete Guide 2025: From Container Basics to Multi-stage Builds, Compose, and Production Deployment
From container internals (namespaces, cgroups) to Dockerfile optimization, 90% image size reduction with multi-stage builds, Docker Compose in practice, security best practices, and CI/CD pipelines — a complete Docker gu
2026-03-22 · 21 min read #docker#container#devops#dockerfile#docker-compose[Linux] Complete Guide to cgroups: The Core of Container Resource Control
A comprehensive guide to Linux cgroups (Control Groups): concepts, v1 vs v2 differences, CPU/memory/IO/PID limiting, usage in Docker and Kubernetes, and real-world troubleshooting.
2026-03-20 · 22 min read #linux#cgroups#container#kubernetes#devopsThe Complete Guide to Container & Kubernetes Network Debugging
A systematic guide to debugging container networking, from Docker networking models to Kubernetes CNI, Service DNS, Network Policies, and Calico/Cilium troubleshooting with practical commands.
2026-03-08 · 12 min read #networking#kubernetes#docker#container#troubleshootingSecurity vulnerability action playbook: OS package, container image, runtime hardening
We organize a practical security operation playbook that covers everything from CVE discovery to action, verification, and reporting, OS package vulnerability patching, container image security, and runtime hardening.
2026-03-07 · 16 min read #devops#security#vulnerability#cve#containerManaging CI/CD Pipelines as Code with Dagger: Same Pipeline from Local to CI
Learn how to write CI/CD pipelines in a programming language using Dagger and run them identically in both local and CI environments. Integration with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI is also covered.
2026-03-03 · 7 min read #devops#dagger#ci-cd#pipeline-as-code#container