Ansible + Docker play well together and are both a weekend effort to learn and use on side-project. Both work fine for me on cheap dedicated machine. Ansible is

Ansible + Docker play well together and are both a weekend effort to learn and use on side-project. Both work fine for me on cheap dedicated machine. Ansible is a good documentation of how the bare metal host is configured including Docker setup and compose like config[0]. Docker handles apps setup, isolation and local networking nicely. Then playing with Kubernetes on private project would have only Résumé-value for me. [0] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_container_module.html https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/docker_conta... (check other docker modules too)