Showing 1 to 6 of 62 blog posts by Tobias McNulty.
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How to Use the "docker" Docker Image to Run Your Own Docker daemon
There exists on Docker hub a Docker image called docker. It also has two flavors, "stable" and a "dind" (Docker-in-Docker). What is this image for and what is the purpose of th... Read more
February 25, 2020 -
How to Set Up a Centralized Log Server with rsyslog
For many years, we've been running an ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) stack for centralized logging. We have a specific project that requires on-premise infrastructure, s... Read more
June 20, 2019 -
How to Switch to a Custom Django User Model Mid-Project
The Django documentation recommends always starting your project with a custom user model (even if it's identical to Django's to begin with), to make it easier to customize lat... Read more
April 26, 2019 -
How to Use Django Bulk Inserts for Greater Efficiency
It's been awhile since we last discussed bulk inserts on the Caktus blog. The idea is simple: if you have an application that needs to insert a lot of data into a Django model ... Read more
January 9, 2019 -
Automating Dokku Setup with AWS Managed Services
Dokku is a great little tool. It lets you set up your own virtual machine (VM) to facilitate quick and easy Heroku-like deployments through a git push command. Builds are fast,... Read more
October 16, 2017 -
Managing your AWS Container Infrastructure with Python
We deploy Python/Django apps to a wide variety of hosting providers at Caktus. Our django-project-template includes a Salt configuration to set up an Ubuntu virtual machine on ... Read more
June 28, 2017
