sprites.dev

July 11, 2024 · 2 min read · tech, programming

I like to have a standard work environment that I can have multiple zellij is important, installing it with,

cargo install zellij

i really appreciate that this ships with cargo.

ended up in an out of space error which I fixed by mounting the temporary directory. this was because the tmp directory had too little space allocated.

mkdir ~/tmp-large

sudo mount --bind /home/sprite/tmp-large /tmp

Then connect to it with

zellij a -c session-name

~~ then install docker with

 curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
 sudo sh get-docker.sh

since this is a firecracker VM sprites does not ship with systemd, which means, I need to run the docker daemon in a separate tab (zellij is coming in handy already) for docker commands to work. ~~

After a bunch of trial and errors I learnt that docker is not really the ideal workflow. as docker-in-docker situation is quite difficult to manage

create a new ssh key (for private repos)

ssh-keygen

add the key to github for later use.

Then create a checkpoint with

sprite checkpoint create -s <name>

I wanted to work with the files from my local, seems like i’ll have to proxy a mount.

the docker inside docker container situation can definitely get very wonky. which was why I couldn’t run my whole cluster inside the sprite.

I’m still on the lookout for the ideal setup.