Fix Docker not using /etc/hosts on MacOS

On my MacBook with Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and Docker 1.12.0, Docker did not read manually set DNS entries from the /etc/hosts file. When I executed “docker push” for example, this resulted in “no such hosts” errors: Put http://shuttle:5000/v1/repositories/webfrontend/: dial tcp: lookup shuttle on 192.168.65.1:53: no such host On Mac OS, Docker is running in a host container itself. Thus, you’ll have to add DNS entries to the container’s /etc/hosts file....

August 28, 2016 · 1 min · 163 words · Heiner

From FHEM to OpenHAB with Homegear: Installation/Docker container

For more than 2.5 years, I’ve now been running FHEM with several HomeMatic sensors and actors. Using the HM-CFG-LAN Configuration Tool as an I/O interface between FHEM and the HomeMatic devices, this setup has been running smoothly most of the time. The configuration was a bit tricky now and then, but it worked. However, OpenHAB seems to become a really good choice. Version 2 is currently available as Beta 3. It features a modern web interface and an easy-to-use extension manager....

August 28, 2016 · 6 min · 1084 words · Heiner