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It's a really fun time to self-host today
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Docker is hurting my progress. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it. Is there a Docker for Dummies?
I learned the basics of docker by using synology and unraid. They make it really easy setting up docker apps.
Are you having trouble learning it or understanding what it's used for? Much of learning Docker also comes with understanding some basics of software deployment like environment variables, ports and volumes. Happy to help answer any questions because it's an extremely powerful tool once it starts clicking.
Is there a specific part that you’re having trouble with? Is it more how it works under the hood, or more about using it to spin up containers? I can try to answer any questions and post some how tos for you.
I think I just need a general overview. Something about the concept isn't clicking for me, and it makes it hard for me to learn how to use it when I fundamentally don't get it. Is there a really good "Introduction to Docker and the tools people use with it" that I haven't found?
I think the real benefits of Docker don't become unquestionably obvious untill you've ever tried to manage more than one installation of some kind of server software in the same machine and inevitably learn the hard way that this comes with a lot of problems and downsides.
So far I've avoiding learning about Docker by just buying a new old end-of-life Chromebook when I wanted to run anything. Works pretty well, except for the giant pile of Chromebooks behind my TV.