Docker

Containerizing the application is very popular nowadays and it makes the deployment so easy. This post will show how to create a Dockerfile for golang application. There are basically two steps in the Dockerfile: Build the golang program source code Containerize the golang app binary # Build source code FROM golang:1.18-alpine AS build WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/app COPY . . RUN go mod tidy RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -o main . # Containerize the binary FROM alpine COPY --from=build /go/src/github.com/app/main . EXPOSE 3500 CMD ["/main"] Exporting the port 3500 is because golang app listens to 3500. Here is just an example. ...

A quick reference guide for commonly used Dokku commands. 1. Create and list app # Create app dokku apps:create <app_name> # List app dokku apps:list 2. Set domains # Set app's domain dokku domains:set <app_name> app.example.com # Set global domain dokku domains:set-global example.com 3. Join app to a specific network # List all networks dokku network:list # Add an app to a specific network dokku network:set <app_name> initial-network <target_network> 4. Show the app’s configuration dokku config:show <app_name> 5. Manully restart an app dokku ps:rebuild <app_name> 6. Bind app container to all interface bind to all interfaces (0.0.0.0), so the container can be accessed by external request. However, the host port will be randomly assigned. ...

We can easily figure out how to set up Dokku by following the instructions on Dokku website. But for me, I like to host services in docker container as it will bring a clearer structure when it comes to host multiple services in a single machine. In this post, I will assume that you already had some idea about what Dokku is. If not, you can find more information here. In the title, I also mentioned another tool called Portainer. Basically it is a management tool of docker container and kubernete cluster with UI. But it is actually much more than that. (I feel I am digging a bit hole while introducing more and more tools). ...