Containers

Curated list of usage of various tools and services using containers.

Important

You'll notice compose.yaml uses :ro,Z on bind mounts.

• :ro makes the mount read-only. Its optional, but protects host config from edits.
• :Z is required on Fedora and other SELinux-enforcing systems when bind-mounting host files or directories so the container can access them. This is usually not needed on Ubuntu, which use AppArmor instead of SELinux.

CI/CD & Developer Tools

• Jenkins: Build, test, and deploy applications automatically with powerful CI/CD pipelines.
• TeX Live: Compile LaTeX documents into PDFs using a containerized TeX Live environment.
• Google Chrome: Browse the web via Chrome in a TigerVNC desktop session with Openbox.
• Mozilla Firefox: Browse the web via Firefox in a TigerVNC desktop session with Openbox.
• Windows: Run a full Windows environment inside Docker for testing or legacy software.

Identity & Security

• Keycloak: Manage user identities, secure apps, and enable SSO with OAuth2/OpenID integration.
• Prometheus / Grafana / Keycloak: Secure Grafana dashboards with Keycloak OIDC, auto-assign Viewer role, and pull metrics from Prometheus as a locked datasource.

Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus: Monitor systems and apps, collect metrics, and trigger alerts in real time.
• Grafana: Create interactive dashboards to visualize metrics and application insights.
• Prometheus / Grafana: Preconfigured stack where Grafana visualizes metrics from Prometheus as a locked datasource.
• Micrometer / Prometheus / Grafana: Java app exposing Micrometer metrics to Prometheus, with Grafana provisioned for a customized JVM (Micrometer) dashboard.

Databases

• PostgreSQL: Store, query, and manage structured data with a high-performance SQL database.
• PostgreSQL Custom: Launch a preconfigured PostgreSQL with custom settings and auto-initialized databases.
• WordPress / MySQL: Launches WordPress with a MySQL backend, ready for initial setup through the WordPress installer.
• BookStack / MySQL: Knowledge management platform powered by BookStack with MySQL database storage.

AI & Machine Learning

• vLLM: Run large language models efficiently with vLLM, optimized for low-latency inference.
• Open WebUI: Interact with a remote Ollama AI model through a clean, browser-based UI.
• Ollama / Open WebUI: Run large language models with Ollama and interact through a browser-based Open WebUI chat interface.