{"id":74,"date":"2016-02-26T07:57:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T15:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:02:38","slug":"what-os-for-docker-host-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"What OS for Docker host? (Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a continuation from What OS for Docker host? (Part 3)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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TinyCore<\/h2>\n

Next I tried TinyCore Linux<\/a>.\u00a0 I downloaded the 100MB “CorePlus” ISO instead of the minimal 10MB “Core” ISO because CorePlus contains the installer and the extra stuff for wireless.\u00a0 In “Live” mode I had no problems using the no-frills utility to get the wireless working.\u00a0 TinyCore has its own package manager<\/a> with both a GUI and a command line tool called “tce-ab”.\u00a0 I actually found tce-ab to be easier for new users than yum or apt-get since it is more interactive and prompts you with questions and choices of answers.\u00a0 I used it to install curl without issue.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have any luck installing Docker.\u00a0 The package manager didn’t seem to know anything about it and the normal Docker script (which I pulled down using curl) crashed and burned without even useful errors like I’ve seen with other distributions.\u00a0 Since Docker is a key use case, I want it to work and be easy to install and update.\u00a0 And so I decided that I wouldn\u2019t use TinyCore.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

I failed.\u00a0 I wanted to find a new (for me) operating system for running Docker containers.\u00a0 Although I wanted something lightweight, while doing through the investigation my key requirements seemed to be:<\/p>\n

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  1. Docker (easy to install\/upgrade to the current version)<\/li>\n
  2. Remote access (since the screen is cracked, I just want to interact via SSH)<\/li>\n
  3. Wireless support (so I can get the laptop off my disheveled desk)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of the requirements, it seemed like getting both 1 and 3 together was the tricky part.\u00a0 Most of the bare bone systems designed to run Docker assume that the machine is “on the cloud” or at least has a wired connection.\u00a0 If wireless weren’t a requirement, I’d probably go with Rancher OS–I had the best experience with it apart from the wireless problems and I want to continue playing with it some time in the future.<\/p>\n

    And so I went with Ubuntu 15.10 Desktop since that was the first disc I found for something I knew I could get working.\u00a0 The install of the fresh OS, wireless configuration, install of an ssh server, and installation of Docker 1.10.2 occurred while I was writing up my TinyCore experience and the above part of the conclusion.\u00a0 The only “gotcha” was I forgot to change the power settings so that the laptop wouldn’t suspend was the lid was closed, but that was an easy fix.\u00a0 It now sits on an unused chair in the dining room until my wife kindly suggests I find a “better” place for it.\u00a0 I can connect to it via SSH and already have a microservice running on it in a Docker container.<\/p>\n

    So I failed and ended up with what I could have had a week and a half ago, but along the way I did learn about various other Linux distros and as an added bonus now have a bunch of burned discs (mostly unlabeled) to clutter up my disheveled desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is a continuation from What OS for Docker host? (Part 3). TinyCore Next I tried TinyCore Linux.\u00a0 I downloaded the 100MB “CorePlus” ISO instead of the minimal 10MB “Core” ISO because CorePlus contains the installer and the extra stuff for wireless.\u00a0 In “Live” mode I had no problems using the no-frills utility to get … Continue reading “What OS for Docker host? (Part 4)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-docker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}