Now that you’ve built an image by hand, you may be wondering if there are tools that might make this process easier. This week we’ll explore one of those – Buildroot – and look at how it can be used to automate building custom images.
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.