Re: [bitfolk] Docker, email, configuration and some rambling

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Author: Adam Spiers
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To: Nigel Rantor
CC: Bitfolk users list
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Docker, email, configuration and some rambling
Dokku is maybe worth a look as a way of running multiple containers on
a single VPS:

    http://dokku.viewdocs.io/dokku/


Seems pretty good to me, although I only started playing with it
recently and haven't got very far yet.

On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 13:06, Nigel Rantor <wiggly@???> wrote:
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> This is more of a ramble than anything else so feel free to simply
> ignore it.
>
> I have been thinking about what to do with my machine recently. I run
> some small websites, db and email server.
>
> Currently this is all setup via puppet. Every now and again I get the
> VPS reinstalled to a more recent LTS distribution and go about updating
> puppet to to use this and switch to a new VPS with the updated setup.
>
> I have recently been thinking about whether or not it might be easier to
> have a much more stripped down machine and use docker to run my services
> on top of.
>
> Not sure how I would do this with rails websites, I currently use
> Phusion passenger to service them all.
>
> Wondering if anyone has experience running docker on a VPS within
> BitFolk. I'm not sure if there are any virtulisation limitations that
> would stop this either.
>
> I am going to be upgrading my machine to a more recent LTS version
> soonish since my current distribution is going EOL this year.
>
> So, yes, I will probabyl end up doing what I normally do but considering
> dockerising my services and not even sure if it would work on a VPS or
> whether it would just be more trouble than its worth.
>
>    n

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