Sometimes, you only need one container, because all you need is one instance of an app. But sometimes you need cluster of containers that can respond to changes in demand, and that can be upgraded ...

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As someone who loves experimenting with wacky self-hosted services, let me tell you, containers are a godsend for home labs.

In the fast-evolving landscape of software development, containerization has emerged as a revolutionary technology. Containers encapsulate applications and their dependencies, ensuring consistent ...

With their lightweight nature and solid isolation provisions, containers are quite useful in home labs when you need to self-host applications without the extra performance overhead of virtual ...

Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to manage a Docker Swarm deployment with the Portainer web-based GUI. Image: BalanceFormCreative/Adobe Stock I’ve said this many times before, and I’ll say it many ...

This tutorial introduces Java developers to Docker Swarm. You’ll learn why so many enterprise shops have adopted container-managed development via Docker, and why clustering is an important technique ...