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When Do You Need to Use Docker? For replicating the environment on your server, while running your code locally on your laptop Experimenting with new things on your laptop without breaking the repositories. Creating a production grade environment on you PC with just simple steps. For instant testing of your application. For Docker CI/CD during numerous development phases (dev/test/QA) For distributing your app’s OS with a team, and as a version control system. Simple ways to setup docker: - Route 1 (curl required): # curl https://get.docker.com | sh Route 2: #apt-get update #apt-get install \     apt-transport-https \     ca-certificates \     curl \     software-properties-common #curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add – #apt-key fingerprint 0EBFCD88 #add-apt-repository \    "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/lin...

Single Node Ceph Install A quick guide for installing Ceph on a single node for demo purposes. It almost goes without saying that this is for tire-kickers who just want to test out the software. Ceph is a powerful distributed storage platform with a focus on spreading the failure domain across disks, servers, racks, pods, and datacenters. It doesn’t get a chance to shine if limited to a single node. With that said, let’s get on with it. Inspired from:  http://palmerville.github.io/2016/04/30/single-node-ceph-install.html Hardware This example uses a VMware Workstation 11 VM with 4 disks attached (1 for OS/App, 3 for Storage). Those installing on physical hardware for a more permanent home setup will obviously want to increase the OS disks for redundancy. To get started create a new VM with the following specs: ·         Name: ceph-single-node ·         Type: Linux ·     ...