Tag Archives: docker

Docker file & compose for phpBB3

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Ahmed Tawfik

I needed a local instance to play around with phpBB, which I couldn’t find recent docker files for, so I just created my own. The below are the docker-compose.yml and Dockerfile for the latest version of phpBB as of now; … Continue reading →

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How to mount a Windows share inside a Docker container

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Ahmed Tawfik

Let’s assume that you had a windows share and you needed to be able to access that share from within one of your containers, here are the steps that you need to follow: First of all, create a docker volume … Continue reading →

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Change default storage location of docker containers on Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Ahmed Tawfik

This was tested on Docker version 18.09.4, build d14af54266, it includes ALL docker data. Just edit/create a file inside /etc/docker named daemon.json and add the following: { “data-root”: “/new_location”} then simply restart docker: sudo service docker restart Source: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd/

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Cleanup Docker Trash

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Ahmed Tawfik

Over time, docker images and residual unneeded files pile up and take a lot of space. We need to cleanup the following: stopped containers networks not used by at least one container dangling images build cache To do that, just … Continue reading →

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What to do if docker on Ubuntu doesn’t recognize addition of a user to its group when using PBIS with AD

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

You add a user to group docker so that you can run docker commands without having to be root or a sudoer. On an Ubuntu 16.04 server which authenticates against AD using PBIS, I added users to group docker, but … Continue reading →

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