Ever found yourself needing to create a container image, but Docker just isn’t an option? Sometimes the best solutions come from thinking outside the box … and outside the usual tools. In this post, I explore what’s in an image and the DIY path to building your own OCI images.

Part of mastering Kubernetes or containers is understanding how they work and how they interact with the host system. You’ve probably seen how to mount drives or folders into a containerized system, but there is another approach – mounting a file like a drive. This post will explore how to do this using a loop device in Linux.

It’s easy to utilize inline Cloud-Init in your ARM templates to configure your site. But how do you develop and deploy if the file is not embedded?