I’ve been playing with the Docker desktop app on Mac and I like it. It is a good high-level GUI—super nice for someone like me who has some hurdles with sysadmin and networking configuration and tools—and the docker docs and tutorials I’ve toured have been quite good. I haven’t much examined the generated files yet so I may be missing some low-hanging fruit for what I want but–

I’m embarking on a big recovery project. Basically restoring and rebuilding the 10 or so websites I made over the last 25 years and maybe the other 20 toys I did along the way. They are in various states of decay or disrepair, source code, language and datastores. My personal environment is quite different from my linode. The test/dev deployment needs to mimic production to be replayable and solid. There is no GUI that is better than solid automation. I expect it will have to be done over and over. Every hand-rolled deployment is an albatross anyway.

So, have any docker-related code or know of tutorials that might cater to my needs?

And since this is 15% stuff that will only run on 5.8 so has to go and 85% greenfield, any recommendations for modern Perl points like version or tools I might have missed that are only lately created or supported? This is more of a shootin’ the breeze question than a “I really need your help” type deal.

In reply to Semi-OT: Tips for docker build/deployment with Perl env by Your Mother

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