Hello there! 👋 Debugging containerized applications is... challenging. Debugging apps that use slim variants of container images is double challenging. And debugging slim containers in hardened production environments is often close to impossible. Before jumping to the DevOps problems that I prepared for you this week, let's review a few tricks that can be used to troubleshoot containers. If the container has a shell inside, running commands in it with However, good security practices demand that our containers don't include debugging tools (or even shells) by default. Here is what you can do if the misbehaving container is based on a slim or a distroless image:
Quite a few options, huh? Well, from my experience, none of them is super user-friendly. Installing debugging tools on demand is tedious, getting the Third-party tools to the rescue! ​ Do recommend giving
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Hey, fellow server dweller 👋 Ivan here with an exciting iximiuz Labs update! The month isn't over yet, so it's not quite time for the traditional monthly roundup. However, there have been so many updates on the platform in the past couple of weeks that they couldn't possibly fit into a single email. So, let's dive in 🚀 Backend Revamp: Faster, Smarter, Stronger Over the past few weeks, I rolled out a significant backend rewrite at iximiuz Labs, and I couldn't be more excited to share the...
Hello 👋 Ivan's here with November's roundup of all things Linux, Containers, Kubernetes, and Server Side 🧙 What I was working on This month was (extremely) development-heavy. Two-thirds of it went into the implementation of custom playground machinery and a new Kubernetes "Omni" playground, and in the last part, I was unexpectedly busy with expanding the platform's capacity and launching a new server in India 🎉 The latter became possible thanks to the support of all of you who got the premium...
Hello, fellow server dweller 👋 I've got two exciting announcements to make. Starting with the shorter one, this year, I decided to give Black Friday a try. This is an experiment - iximiuz Labs hasn't done sales before and won't have any in the foreseeable future, at least not until next November. So, if you wanted to get a premium membership but the price felt too high, this is your rare chance to get it with a 50% discount. The offer is limited to exactly one week. Now, to the second, much...