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Traefik reverse proxy with docker swarm
Posted on September 28, 2020 1 Comment
A reverse proxy is used to distribute the traffic over a scalable application running in several containers. This is needed since you can’t publish the port for all the containers. Traefik is a docker aware reverse proxy that can route and distribute all the incoming traffic to the correct containers. We are going to solve […]
MySQL on Docker Swarm revisited
Posted on September 25, 2020 Leave a Comment
It all started with a central database for my Kodi media players. Then I migrated the setup from a dedicated Raspberry Pi to running MySQL on docker swarm. That gave me much more stability and availability for the solution but it still needed backup. The setup ended up with limiting the docker container to a […]
Making docker swarm redundant
Posted on March 16, 2020 1 Comment
A basic docker swarm comes with two options for storage bind or volume. Both are persistent storage bot only on that node. So if the node fails and the swarm starts the task on a new node the data is lost. There are a few options to mitigate this with storage plugins for redundant storage. […]
Unifi Controller Docker backup
Posted on February 27, 2020 Leave a Comment
Currently running my Unifi Controller as a docker container which works great. If you ever ended up with a broken Unifi Controller or Cloud Key you know the hassle it is to re-adopt and re-provision all your network gear to get back to square one. You should really keep track of the automatic backups from […]
MySQL on Docker Swarm
Posted on February 26, 2020 1 Comment
For several applications around the house, I need a MySQL backend. The biggest database I run is about 60Mb of data for my Kodi media players. By using centralized storage like this I only need to update one of them when I add new media. Also convenient if I watch a movie in the living […]
Raspberry Pi Docker Swarm
Posted on February 25, 2020 6 Comments
For small home server applications like Hassio, Plex and headless BitTorrent boxes Raspberry Pi has been a great solution for years. I came to a point where I was running several ones with different software on it depending on it’s intended use. This, however, isn’t ideal for a number of reasons. Even though Raspberry Pis […]
Hackviking aka Kristofer Källsbo 