Creating SQL Server containers with docker compose

Up until now my posts about containers have been talking about working with one container only. In the real world...

Monday Coffee: Database Deployments

I’ve always been particularly cautious when it comes to deploying code to databases, some would say overly cautious.
Because of this...

Running dbatools commands with VS Code tasks

I’ve started to look at the excellent dbatools.io to automate some of the checks that I routinely perform on my...

Friday Reading 2017-07-07

Final Lions Test tomorrow! The win last week sets up a thrilling series decider, if they win they’ll be the...

Persisting data in docker containers – Part Three

Last week in Part Two I went through how to create named volumes and map them to containers in order...

Monday Coffee: Alerts & Checks

Hope you all had a good weekend, the Lions won so I’m pretty happy.
Over the weekend I was thinking about...

Friday Reading 2017-06-30

Second test for the British & Irish Lions tomorrow, they need this one to keep the series alive. I’ll be up...

Persisting data in docker containers – Part Two

Last week in Part One I went through how to mount directories from the host server into a docker container...

Monday Coffee: Attending Conferences

Last week I asked the following question on Twitter: –

I was interested to see the responses as I wanted to...

Friday Reading 2017-06-23

The weather has been absolutely boiling here in Dublin all week, I’m dying for a cold beer! Anyway, whilst drinking...