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Jekyll on Docker Container

August 30, 2022

Here’s how to run Jekyll in a Docker container.

mkdir blog
cd blog
docker run -v $(pwd):/site bretfisher/jekyll new .
docker run -p 4000:4000 -v $(pwd):/site bretfisher/jekyll-serve

Another option is to use docker compose. Create a docker-compose.yml file.

version: 3.5
services:
  jekyll:
    image: bretfisher/jekyll-serve
    volumes:
      - .:/site
    ports:
      - '4000:4000'

Run Jekyll.

cd blog
docker-compose up -d

Stop Jekyll.

cd blog
docker-compose down

December 10, 2021

How to check Docker container logs. Look for the container ID.

$ docker ps -a
3e2c1193915f

To view the logs for the container.

docker logs 3e2c1193915f
# or
docker container logs 3e2c1193915f

November 7, 2021

Here’s how to run Rocky Linux in a Docker container.

Download the image.

docker pull rockylinux/rockylinux

Create a Rocky Linux container called bullwinkle.

docker run -it --name bullwinkle -d rockylinux/rockylinux

docker exec -it --user root bullwinkle /bin/bash

When done, stop and delete the container.

docker ps -a
docker stop container_ID
docker rm container_ID