Container Network Isolation: Bridging Namespaces and Custom IPAM on Linux
Explore how Linux network namespaces, veth pairs, and custom Docker bridge networks isolate frontend services from backend databases.
Containers & Orchestration8 min read
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Containers & Orchestration
16 practical Containers & Orchestration articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.
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Lightweight Workload Orchestration with HashiCorp Nomad on a Linux VPS
Run containerized and raw binary microservices effortlessly on a single VPS with HashiCorp Nomad, cutting memory overhead compared to full Kubernetes.
Containers & Orchestration7 min read
Deploying a Secure Private Container Registry on a Single Linux VPS
Step-by-step guide to hosting a private OCI-compliant container registry using Podman or Docker with TLS termination, htpasswd authentication, and automated garbage collection.
Containers & Orchestration6 min read
Hardening Docker Compose for Production: Secrets, Healthchecks, and Graceful Restarts
Transform basic development Docker Compose files into hardened, production-grade stacks featuring Docker secrets, robust healthchecks, and rolling restarts.
Containers & Orchestration5 min read
Sidecar Patterns for Modest Setups: Logging, Refreshing Certs
Use sidecar containers for log forwarding and certificate renewal on a single VPS without adding cluster complexity or vendor lock-in.
Containers & Orchestration8 min read
Curing Image Bloat With Scratch and Distroless Base Images
Shrink container images with multi-stage builds, the empty scratch base, and distroless runtimes — smaller pulls, fewer CVEs, faster starts.
Containers & Orchestration7 min read
Container Health and Self-Healing Beyond Docker Healthchecks
Go past a single healthcheck: layered probes, readiness vs liveness, and systemd watchdogs for containers that repair themselves.
Containers & Orchestration8 min read
Orchestrating a Single Node: When One Machine Is Enough
Run several containerized services on one VPS with Compose, Podman Quadlets, and a reverse proxy — no cluster, no wasted capacity.
Containers & Orchestration8 min read
Rolling Updates and Zero-Downtime Deploys in Docker Swarm
Deploy updates to a Swarm service with zero downtime using order start-first, health checks, health thresholds, and automatic rollback.
Containers & Orchestration8 min read
How Containers Actually Work: cgroups, Namespaces, OCI
Demystify containers by looking at the three real building blocks — cgroups for limits, namespaces for isolation, and the OCI runtime spec.
Containers & Orchestration9 min read
Reading an OCI Image: Layers, Manifests, and What They Mean
Open up a container image to see its layers, manifest digest, and config — and learn why filesystem layers are content-addressed.
Containers & Orchestration7 min read
Podman Basics: Rootless Containers and Quadlets
Run containers without root and manage them with systemd Quadlets — a rootless-first workflow that fits systemd-based VPS hosts cleanly.
Containers & Orchestration7 min read