Webinar about how to improve your #Docker image builds

This week I had the honour of giving a talk at the Docker Virtual Meetup about how to improve your Docker image builds. It was a very interactive crowd :-)

Creating Advanced Entrypoints for Containers

There has been much confusion around the container entrypoint and parameters. This post will shed some light on this topic and present an script to serve as an flexible entrypoint.

Talk about advanced features and tools in the container space @ x-celerate #xcelerateconf

For the third time in a row, I co-organized a regional IT conference called x-celerate held in Freiburg, Germany. This time, I contributed a talk about covering the following topics:

• Remote build cache using BuildKit
• Build secrets using BuildKit
• Troubleshooting containers
• Vulnerability scans using trivy
• Container image builds using img
• Lightweight Kubernetes using k3s

Talk about observability @devsmeetup

Last week I had the chance to talk about observability at our local Devsmeetup. As usual, after the talk we had a very lively discussion about monitoring in general but also about Prometheus and long term storage.

Talk about news from the container space @ ContainerConf #ConConf2019

Last week I had the honour of talking again at ContainerConf 2019 in Mannheim. I consider this conference to be the best German event in the container space. Just like in the two previous years I talked about news with regard to containers. But this year, I decided to stop focussing on Docker but covered Kubernetes as well.

How to use the Pod Concept for an Isolated Environment in #Docker Workshops

When working with Kubernetes for the first time, the concept of a pod feels strange because Docker has not prepared us for it ;-) But the idea of a pod can be useful when working with Docker. This post will demonstrate how to use a pod to deploy isolated environments for workshops.

Using #ShellInABox for #Docker Workshops

In a workshop situation, attendees must be able to follow the material in a personal hands-on environment. Docker helps isolating such environments and prevents issues from using the attendees’ laptop. Let me show you how to provide dedicated environments using shellinabox.

Workshops about #Docker for Beginners and Advanced Users @ Sommercampus #Freiburg

I had the honour to contribute two workshops about Docker to an called Sommercampus held by the faculty of engineering of the university Freiburg:

1. Docker for Beginners (slides)
2. Docker for Advanced Users (slides)

The demos are part of the slides.

Microsoft MVP 2019/2020 in Cloud and Datacenter Management #CDMMVP

I am very happy to announce that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Cloud and Datacenter Management again.

Thank you, Microsoft, for recognizing my contributions to the community.

Workshop about #Docker for Advanced Users @ DevOps Essentials #DevOpsentials19

This week, I attended a new kind of conference called DevOps Essentials organized by dpunkt, heise Developer and iX. They decided to have most half-day workshops with only one keynote-like talk per day. I was able to contribute one of the half-day workshops for advanced users of Docker.