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Running Rancher's ContainerOS and launching Docker Containers from Inside

A guide about running Rancher’s Container OS inside virtual machine and launching Docker Containers from within. Also guide to setup Rancher Server (a container management platform) as docker container inside RancherOS for demo. Rancher Server’s docker container can also be run elsewhere.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 24-Mar-2018, 10:31am

READING TIME: 30 mins,


Just a Little bit to Know apart from Azure and AWS.

Just tyring to collate what other cloud service providers had to offer apart from known: Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. List includes RackSpace, OpenStack, Google Compute Engine etc.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 28-Jun-2017, 12:32pm

READING TIME: 15 mins,


Handling Python Distros: Anaconda, Canopy, IronPython, Official, Installing Jupyter, Widgets, Modules etc.

This artice elaborated on installing multiple python distributions on your system from: Anaconda, Canopy, IronPython, Official, etc. and managing them. It’s a non-docker based installation approch to Python on Windows. We’ll see installation of common Python - widgets, and modules in your python enviornment.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 17-May-2017, 08:35pm

READING TIME: 15 mins,


Install Local Spark Cluster with Hadoop Cluster

Here I will try to elaborate on simple guide to install Apache Spark on Windows (Without HDFS) and link it to local standalong Hadoop Cluster. Local hadoop cluster can be invoked by start-all.cmd on command prompt and viewed at http://localhost:50070. If it’s not installed follow here. Also read http://sachingpta.gitlab.io/sparkintro/ to resolve many issues.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 17-May-2017, 01:36pm

READING TIME: 15 mins,


Hadoop, HDFS, Yarn, Namenode, Datanode

In this article I will elaborate on steps to install single not prseudo-distribution of Hadoop (or local hadoop cluster with Yarn, Namenode, Datanode & HDFS). This site states typical installation guide which requires compilation of Hadoop from source. But we’ll not compile Hadoop instead we’ll add required binaries (Winutil.exe & Other Dlls) availaible for download at steveloughran/winutils.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 17-May-2017, 01:04pm

READING TIME: 15 mins,


All Tools You Need To Start

Hi, fed up with keeping track of so many tools of trade ?, Use this article as a quick reference to various tools of common trades (Big Data, IoT, Machine Learning, DEVOPs, jQuery etc.). Here are emphasized high level features, and reference liks for various tools along with reference URLs. So just enjoy good work created with a lot of patiance.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 14-May-2017, 10:44am

READING TIME: 45 mins,


Quick glance for Docker Administration Commands, Networking, Data Volumes ...

Hi, all I shall talk about in this article is a few common commands that shall be requied for Docker Administration, it could be from simple stuff like exposing container port to external world through host port mapping, or sharing some files, and more like running executables inside

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SACHIN GUPTA, 9-Apr-2017, 05:00pm

READING TIME: 15 mins,


Common Docker Commands, Tasks ETC.

A very powerful post for understanding key concepts about: What is Docker, Its Advantages & Limitations ?, Docker Terminologies. Specially about Windows Containers, ContainerOS and SmartOS and market options for ContainerOS and SmartOS. This post includes a quick guide for all installation methods for Docker client on Windows, Arch Linux, Debian Linux and Ubuntu as well as with package managers like Choclatey. Indeed, a guide about Practical Docker Containers. Here I’ll add details about Docker Commands for common tasks with Docker like Build Dockerfile Locally etc and Docker Administration.

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SACHIN GUPTA, 7-Apr-2017, 07:00pm

READING TIME: 1.5 hrs,