Tag: Container

All the articles with the tag "Container".

• `--memory-swap=0` Doesn't Turn Swap Off

  2 Oct, 2026

  A 2017 write-up that tabulates the container resource-limit options. It works as a map, but three spots snag if you copy from it. Two swap rules are written as opposites, the example's swap size is doubled, and the period default is off by ten.

• Revisiting Docker Build and Run: The Dot in `docker build .` Isn't the Dockerfile Path

  4 Sep, 2026

  A post I clipped while trying to isolate a database in a container. What the dot in `docker build .` actually is, why the example Dockerfile won't run as written, and what you actually need when the thing you're containerising is a database.