Vedashree Patil - Go Chronicles (Page 2)

Bonus: The Image "Trim Down"

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Shipping lightweight Docker images to production environments is the standard practice in the industry. But the task of trimming down the image size can be a daunting task. In this post, we find out how images can be trimmed down by using the builder pattern or multi-stage method.

Jun 13, 2021

Part VI : Podman to the Rescue!

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Podman, a platform which runs and manages rootless containers,adds an additional layer of security over Docker. In this post, we play around with the "docker alias" podman CLI to see if its really rootless.

Jun 1, 2021

Part V: Podman is so "Rootless"!

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Docker daemon runs with elevated root access which is a security loophole. Rootless containers avoid this by allowing non privileged users to run containers through the use of user namespaces.Podman is one framework that allows running and managing rootless containers.

May 30, 2021

Part IV - Why Docker ain't Perfect

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Docker simplifies and accelerates your workflow and deployment. But due to this friendly behavior of Docker, we tend to overlook some of its limitations & vulnerabilities. In this post we'll be looking at Docker through a major aspect: Security.

May 29, 2021

Part III: Storage, the Docker Way

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When a container is created, an additional writable layer called the "container layer" substitutes for the filesystem within the container. But all files created within the container will not be persisted on the host. Hence, we use Docker bind mounts and volumes to allow persistence.

May 18, 2021

Part II - Dockerising an application

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What Is a Dockerizing ? Dockerizing is the process of packing, deploying, and running applications using Docker containers.

May 3, 2021

Part I: Unpacking Containers

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Containers are simply processes that use Linux concepts of namespace and cgroups. In this post, we look at the technicalities of container images and also explore Docker, the most widely used platform for container technology.

Apr 27, 2021

Series Introduction: A History Class on Deployments

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Deploying your application means that it should work on another system without any hiccups. How do you ensure that all consumers can use your application seamlessly? Let's look at how deployments were done over the past few years.

Apr 26, 2021

Part II: Beyond JSON APIs

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All APIs can't always be JSON or text-based. You may want to send files, images, and other content. That's why REST APIs allow a data type called "multipart". We will be focusing on the "multipart/form-data" subtype which allows us to send files in the request body along with other text data

Apr 18, 2021

Part I: When Errors cause API failures

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When developing your APIs always remember that an error scenario will always arise. The user may send an incorrect request or there might be some errors within your logic that might have been overlooked. In any condition, your ultimate aim is to never let the system stop execution.

Mar 30, 2021

Series Introduction: Making your APIs ready for the Real World

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The basic APIs are in place! But they aren't really ready for the real world. Ensure that your APIs are robust, error-free and easy to use and understand for all the consumers

Mar 28, 2021

Part V: Route to the REST Layer!!

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The Rest layer is the one we call the "User facing" layer. Because it is the one that accepts the user's requests and returns the appropriate responses. Looking at it technically, we implement all the REST API routes in this layer

Mar 7, 2021