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Anyone else just sick of trying to follow guides that cover 95% of the process, or maybe slightly miss a step and then spend hours troubleshooting setups just to get it to work?

I think I just have too much going in my "lab" the point that when something breaks (and my wife and/or kids complain) it's more of a hassle to try and remember how to fix or troubleshoot stuff. I lightly document myself cuz I feel like I can remember well enough. But then it's a style to find the time to fix, or stuff is tested and 80%completed but never fully used because life is busy and I don't have loads of free time to pour into this stuff anymore. I hate giving all that data to big tech, but I also hate trying to manage 15 different containers or VMs, or other services. Some stuff is fine/easy or requires little effort, but others just don't seem worth it.

I miss GUIs with stuff where I could fumble through settings to fix it as is easier for me to look through all that vs read a bunch of commands.

Idk, do you get lab burnout? Maybe cuz I do IT for work too it just feels like it's never ending...

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[–] falynns@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My biggest problem is every docker image thinks they're a unique snowflake and how would anyone else be using such a unique port number like 80?

I know I can change, believe me I know I have to change it, but I wish guides would acknowledge it and emphasize choosing a unique port.

[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most put it on port 80 with the perfectly valid assumption that the user is sticking a reverse proxy in front of it. Container should expose 80 not port forward 80.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

There are no valid assumptions for port 80 imo. Unless your software is literally a pure http server, you should assume something else has already bound to port 80.
Why do I have vague memories of Skype wanting to use port 80 for something and me having issues with that some 15 years ago?
Edit: I just realized this might be for containerized applications.. I'm still used to running it on bare metal. Still though.. 80 seems sacrilege.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why expose any ports at all. Just use reverse proxy and expose that port and all the others just happen internally.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

Still gotta configure ports for the reverse proxy to access.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

Reverse proxy still goes over a port

[–] lilith267@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

Containers are ment to be used with docker networks making it a non-issue, most of the time you want your services to forward 80/443 since thats the default port your reverse proxy is going to call