Your Old Laptop Is Your New Database Server

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Ubuntu Server

It looked like a good candidate for an always-available server; a machine that I could connect to at any time and install any kind of server software that I could need when developing apps. In times of Docker containers, configuring a machine to run server software is extremely easy. In this article, I’ll show you how to take advantage of that old laptop by installing Ubuntu Server, Docker, and a MariaDB database with all the configurations needed to have it always available, always on.

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SkySQL

Is it worth having an old machine running something like a database server? The answer as always is: it depends. More specifically, it depends on the usage you intend to give to it. There are obvious things for which you cannot repurpose an old laptop. For example, if you want to use it as a storage device for large files or run big data applications or experiments, you might want to use cloud storage, a cloud database, or get a proper device that fits your requirements.

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MariaDB Platform

It looked like a good candidate for an always-available server; a machine that I could connect to at any time and install any kind of server software that I could need when developing apps. In times of Docker containers, configuring a machine to run server software is extremely easy. In this article, I’ll show you how to take advantage of that old laptop by installing Ubuntu Server, Docker, and a MariaDB database with all the configurations needed to have it always available, always on.

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Docker Hub

There are many other things you can install on your new server. Continuous Integration servers, web servers, email servers, etc. The Docker Hub is a huge directory of images that you can safely try in isolated Docker containers. You can always run containers and remove them when you are done with your experiments. For example, you can remove the MariaDB container as follows:.

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Eraser

Depending on the usage that you plan to give the laptop, you might want to encrypt its content or safely erase sensitive data using software like File Shredder, Eraser, or CCleaner.

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