Tag: Docker Compose

Set up Azurite Docker container.

In this post, we will set up docker container for Azurite. The Azurite open-source emulator provides a free local environment for testing your Azure Blob, Queue Storage, and Table Storage applications. When you're satisfied with how your application is working locally, switch to using an Azure Storage account in the cloud. The emulator provides cross-platform … Continue reading Set up Azurite Docker container.

Running MongoExpress in Docker : Solving the connection issue

In this post, we will attempt to run MongoDb and Mongo Expres on docker. That doesn't look challenging, then why a post dedicated to the same ? This is because of one common mistake that developer tends to do (oh yes, I made the mistake) and end up wondering why it doesn't work as desired. Let us write our … Continue reading Running MongoExpress in Docker : Solving the connection issue

Install Extensions in Postgres Docker container

Recently I wanted use the Fluent migrator for seeding my postgres database, which was running as a docker container. I basically had a table User, which had a primary key of type UUID that needs to be auto-generated. My migration code looked as follows. Create.Table(User.TABLE_NAME) .WithColumn("id").AsGuid().NotNullable().WithDefaultValue(SystemMethods.NewGuid).PrimaryKey() .WithColumn("username").AsString().NotNullable() .WithColumn("password").AsString().NotNullable(); The above code would essentially turn out as the following postgres sql. … Continue reading Install Extensions in Postgres Docker container

Create Mongo Replicaset using Docker Compose

In this blog post, we will attempt to create MongoDb replicaset using docker compose. A replica set in mongodb is a group of mongod instances which maintains the same set of data. This enables applications to work despite one of the db servers going down. At every instance, there wil be only and only ONE primary node. Rest of the … Continue reading Create Mongo Replicaset using Docker Compose

#DockerDays Day 6 – Docker Compose

Until now, we have learned how to create images using dockerfile and used network to create channels for communicating between two containers. But it can be cumbersome to manage each container separately, particularly in multi-container applications which have dozens of containers. Building, running, and connecting multiple containers using individual dockerfile would be pretty hard and consume a lot of time and … Continue reading #DockerDays Day 6 – Docker Compose