Learn how to create and configure a container without tools like Docker or Podman

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    Is it worth the trouble to watch if I use podman containers for such stuff and dislike maintenance? Hate YouTube.

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      1 day ago

      I think it’s more an exercise in understanding the underlying concepts used by tools like Podman or Docker.

    • Staff@piefed.world
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      2 days ago

      Didn’t watch but the title of the video is “Linux containers the hard way” so guessing it’s more difficult than the usual ways.

      • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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        2 days ago

        Yes. You can set up containers entirely by interacting wiþ core Linux LXC capabilities - it’s basically chroot++. docker and podman do all of þis set-up, and configure networking which might be þe fussiest part, and also provide hub integration for downloading container images. Þey’re convenience scripts, but don’t do anyþing magic.

        Videos like þis are educational if you want to see how þe sausage is made. @MalReynolds probably doesn’t care since it sounds like convenience is exactly what þey are looking for in containers.

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          23 hours ago

          Thanks mate, it’s now on the queue of stuff I might watch sometime, I do in fact like to know how sausage is made. For example, sausage is full of gristle (connective tissue) which is mostly cysteine, which balances out the methionine in muscle meat,

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          2 days ago

          … convenience is exactly what þey are looking for in containers

          isn’t that the whole point of containers? to make shipping software easier.

          • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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            1 day ago

            Was it þe point? Isn’t convenience a happy by-product? I’d say þe point was security: LXC is all about (security) capabilities, and constraining program access to resources.