I was using Webvirtcloud install on my KVM device, but decided to switch to a Docker container, as I've been trying to move as much as possible to Docker, for the sake of simplicity, and easier recovery if/when something goes wrong.

The install was easy, but there were a few commands that had to be run as a different …

As I'd moved from TrueNAS to Ubuntu, I was moving most everything to a Docker container, and Transmission (using OpenVPN) was no different.

Under TrueNAS, I'd used a jail (https://www.nodinrogers.com/posts/2020-11-07-freenas-transmission-jail-with-openvpn/), but jails don't exist in Ubuntu, so Docker is the way to go. …

When I first started using/testing Hugo, I was using a Linux virtual machine to run it.

After I decided to use it, I wanted to move it from needing a full virtual machine to a Docker container.

This was especially important, given the nature of Hugo, as a minimal application that doesn't require a lot of resources. …

I needed a quick SFTP server, and did a short post about it previously.

However, I wanted the ability to run a Docker container that wasn't on my NAS, so I had to mount the NFS share from within Docker.

Using this Docker composer file did the trick:

version: "3.2"

services:
  sftp:
    image: atmoz/sftp …

I had a couple of files I needed to provide to a friend on a regular basis.

• The files were too big to email.
• The files would change every week.
• They were created/stored on my NAS.
• Neither of us wanted to go through the hassle of using Dropbox/Google Drive/etc.

Simple solution was for me to create a simple Docker …

I needed to run a quick test on a virgin Linux system.

Rather than spinning up a virtual machine, I just ran a single Docker command, and was up and running.

docker run -it --entrypoint "/bin/bash" ubuntu:latest

That's it. Really, it's that simple.

From the Docker docs:

An ENTRYPOINT allows you to configure a …