It’s always best to run containers with the least privileges required. Unfortunately, that may result in Git operations that fail with the message “detected dubious ownership in repository”. The trick to eliminating this is quite simple …

Did you know it’s possible to share your AWS credentials between your host computer and your Dev Containers? Once again we explore the power of using mounts in Dev Containers.

If you’ve ever worked with Node.js, you’ve dealt with the joy which is node_modules. Thousands of files slowly churning on your hard drive. Even more slowly if you’re trying to delete them. Want to make them easier to manage? Learn how Dev Containers can help.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had a lot of questions about publishing images to registries using GitHub Actions. Today, I’ll explore the answer showing how to do this with registries in both Azure and GitHub. Along the way, I’ll also demonstrate how to use GitHub’s OIDC integration with Azure.

Moving to Apple Silicon can introduce challenges if you’re using x64-based containers. Sometimes, emulation is the answer. When it’s not, we can combine some Docker features with some bash scripting to create an optimized container that works well for both platforms.

It’s a best practice to use private registries such as Azure Container Registry with container solutions on Azure. There’s very little guidance if you’re considering using a different registry to store your images. In this post, we’re explore how to use other private registries, such as the GitHub packages Container Registry.

There are lots of options for running containers in Azure, such as Azure Container Apps, Azure Container Instances, Kubernetes, Functions, and App Services. Each offering provides different features to support different scenarios, so it’s important to understand some of the container options that Azure provides today.

Did you know that you can have your favorite environment configurations follow you wherever you go, including into Development Containers and Codespaces? All of your environments can reflect your personal preferences through the power of a dotfiles Git repository.

If you’re using Visual Studio Code and Dev Containers without working in the right filesystem, you’re missing out on a lot of performance! Learn the right place to keep your files!

Development Containers and Codespaces bring infrastructure-as-code to developer environments. This post walks through creating a container for editing and deploying Bicep templates to Azure.