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fenollp | 4 years ago

> I needed something that would manage all the containers without me having to ever log into the machine.

Not saying this would at all replace Harbormaster, but with DOCKER_HOST or `docker context` one can easily run docker and docker-compose commands without "ever logging in to the machine". Well, it does use SSH under the hood but this here seems more of a UX issue so there you go.

Discovering the DOCKER_HOST env var (changes the daemon socket) has made my usage of docker stuff much more powerful. Think "spawn a container on the machine with bad data" à la Bryan Cantrill at Joyent.

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stavros|4 years ago

Hmm, doesn't that connect your local Docker client to the remote Docker daemon? My goal isn't "don't SSH to the machine" specifically, but "don't have state on the machine that isn't tracked in a repo somewhere", and this seems like it would fail that requirement.

inetknght|4 years ago

What do you think isn't getting tracked?

You could put your SSH server configuration in a repo. You could put your SSH authorization key in a repo. You could even put your private key in a repo if you really wanted.

nanis|4 years ago

> "don't have state on the machine that isn't tracked in a repo somewhere"

https://docs.chef.io/chef_solo/

mixedCase|4 years ago

Have you tried NixOS?

thor_molecules|4 years ago

What is the "Bryan Cantrill at Joyent" you're referring to?

e12e|4 years ago

Not (I think) the exacttalk/blog post gp was thinking of - but worth watching IMNHO:

"Debugging Under Fire: Keep your Head when Systems have Lost their Mind • Bryan Cantrill • GOTO 2017" https://youtu.be/30jNsCVLpAE

Ed: oh, here we go I think?

> Running Aground: Debugging Docker in Production Bryan Cantrill19,102 views16 Jan 2018 Talk originally given at DockerCon '15, which (despite being a popular presentation and still broadly current) Docker Inc. has elected to delist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdMqCUhvRz8

zdragnar|4 years ago

The technology analogy is Manta, which Bryan covers in at least one if not several popular talks on YouTube, in particular about contanerization.

He has a lot to say about zones and jails and chroot predating docker, and why docker and co. "won" so to speak.