Docker image, without Internet
Let's assume, you wish to run a K8s pod with Docker container on a host, where there is no Internet. This blog will describe steps
Run below command on another host, where Internet connection is present.
docker save -o /
Then transfer to target host using FTP or SCP
At target host, run following command
docker load -i
Now make sure, at YAML file for pod or deployment, you add below line
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
Run below command on another host, where Internet connection is present.
docker save -o
Then transfer
At target host, run following command
docker load -i
Now make sure, at YAML file for pod or deployment, you add below line
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
2019: Looking back with smile
Happy New Year 2020
For last two years, I reflect upon my life, achievements for previous year. So here was my year 2019
Spiritual/Religious:
Social Media:
Learning:
Registered for Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.
Attended many technical events, including Kubernetes Day India
Sanskrit Promotion:
Professional:
Book
I read an excellent book. Transcendence. Read my book review here. I also read another interesting book "The Phoenix Project". It is a business novel with ToC (Theory of Constraint) principle for DevOps.
Entertainment:
Next Year 2020:
2018: Looking back with smile
2017: Looking back with smile
For last two years, I reflect upon my life, achievements for previous year. So here was my year 2019
Spiritual/Religious:
- Attended satsang with Sri Sri Ravishankar Guruji.
- Read His commentary on "Shrimad Bhagavad Gita", in a WhatsApp group. Effectively utilization of WhatsApp and free time, whenever I need to wait for anyone.
- Attended Advance Mediation silence course for the 7th time
Social Media:
- Now this blog is super active. Maximum posts 73 in this year. Majority are technical
- Completed a series of online courses under "DevOps for Practitioners". Good refreshment of quality principal, that we learnt during MBA. Also happy to know, how they are applied in today's IT industry.
- Tried LinkedIn Premium
- GitHub:
- Consonants of Bhagavad Gita Text
- Digital circuit design using "The Quine–McCluskey algorithm (or the method of prime implicants)". I developed this software during college time in C language. Translated to Python and shared on Github
- Python Flask based application to solve Sudoku puzzle. Digi Sudoku
- Earlier I created category "Bookmark" on this blog. Now it is no longer valid. Technology is changing so far. Many technical posts, I am keep updating.
Learning:
Registered for Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.
Attended many technical events, including Kubernetes Day India
Sanskrit Promotion:
- Conducted 6th free workshop about Spoken Sanskrit in Feb 2019
- Encouraged school students for Sanskrit by solving their doubts.
- Continued watching YouTube series by Dr. Baladevanand Sagar on topic "Learn Sanskrit, Be Modern !".
Professional:
- After almost 10 years, I changed job. Here also, learning new technology and here also, working with best talented people of our industry.
- The best part is, coincidentally I gone through an excellent experience at workplace. An acupuncture expert visited to deliver session on stress management. He choose me. He gave acupuncture treatment on my Ajna (Agna or Agya) Chakra, (means forehead where we do TILAK). Suddenly I felt so calm and composed. Really enjoyed.
- Reconnected and had nice, meaningful conversion with old colleagues and professional people.
- Continue making new friends using Quick Ride
Book
I read an excellent book. Transcendence. Read my book review here. I also read another interesting book "The Phoenix Project". It is a business novel with ToC (Theory of Constraint) principle for DevOps.
Entertainment:
- Watched few movies:
- Helaro Gujarati movie was good.
- Mission Mangal Hindi movie was the best
- Watched a documentary movie on
- Indian Airforce
- NaMo's "wild v/s man"
Next Year 2020:
- Spend more time with people, famly, friends.
- Regular in SAADHANA
- Complete YouTube series by Dr. Baladevanand Sagar on topic "Learn Sanskrit, Be Modern !".
- Re-Start conducting Free Spoken Sanskrit classes.
- Continue enriching my personal blog. A new series will be started about my personal notes on "Machine Learning" course at coursera by Andrew NG.
- Clean up all old Bookmarks in Google Chrome.
- Cultivate good habits and get rid of bad habits.
2018: Looking back with smile
2017: Looking back with smile
Transcendence
After a quite long time, I read an interesting, thought provoking book. "Transcendence" - My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari.
This blog has many articles with label "Spiritual Science". This book is also about Spiritual Science. How a renown scientist looks at religion, philosophy, spirituality. I recommend, all people - with scientific temperament - must read:
(1) "Chapter 14. Walking Over the Waves" and
(2) "Part 3 Fusion of Science and Spirituality", particularly "Chapter 19 Mind Is the Matrix of All Matter" that talks about spirituality, quantum physics etc.
The entire book has diversified interesting topics. It talks about
- various philosopher, scientists, good people of different time and places.
- big bang, solar system, universe, galaxy etc.
- statistics about BAPS, and HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
- India's space programme
- India's white revolution by Verghese Kurien
- Life of author A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. His native place. His teachers, relatives, other books. Also his role as president of India.
The last two pages of "chapter 20. Growing into Highly Evolved Physical and Spiritual Being" sheds light on how status quo of our own inner lives harms us: We denounce wisdom of others when it does not fit into our emotional framework. We choose to agree only with opinions of others who share our personal values and feelings...In this state of ignorance, we become subservient, we are at the mercy of the popular status quo.
It also reminds me, a story about bumblebee and an insect. A bumblebee offered ride to an insect across the beautiful garden. The insect took some of the bad smelling matter in his nose with him and could not understand, what the bumblebee was describing about different fragrance of different flowers. The bumblebee realized it and make the insects dawn into pond and take it out, so it can enjoy fragrance. Same way sometimes we are cut of – like a fortress. A Guru open a window in the fortress. Then also we need to put efforts to progress in this spiritual path. I was one of the fortunate persons, who listened to this story directly from HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Prior to that I read it in some book by Swami Vivekanand or Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
You will like this book, regardless of you are bright atheist or committed religionists. Here is my favorite content from the book. You may also like it. It is in context of Galileo
People who are unable to understand perfectly both scripture and science far outnumber those who do understand them perfectly. The former glancing superficially through the scriptures, could easily arrogate to themselves the authority to decide upon every question of physics on the strength of some word which they have misunderstood, and which was consciously employed by the sacred authors for some different purpose. And the smaller number of understanding men could not dam up the furious torrent of such people. These people would gain the most followers, simply because it is much more pleasant to gain a reputation for wisdom without effort or study, than to consume oneself tirelessly in the most laborious disciplines.
We all have heard famous quote from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita:
Book: Transcendence
This blog has many articles with label "Spiritual Science". This book is also about Spiritual Science. How a renown scientist looks at religion, philosophy, spirituality. I recommend, all people - with scientific temperament - must read:
(1) "Chapter 14. Walking Over the Waves" and
(2) "Part 3 Fusion of Science and Spirituality", particularly "Chapter 19 Mind Is the Matrix of All Matter" that talks about spirituality, quantum physics etc.
The entire book has diversified interesting topics. It talks about
- various philosopher, scientists, good people of different time and places.
- big bang, solar system, universe, galaxy etc.
- statistics about BAPS, and HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
- India's space programme
- India's white revolution by Verghese Kurien
- Life of author A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. His native place. His teachers, relatives, other books. Also his role as president of India.
The last two pages of "chapter 20. Growing into Highly Evolved Physical and Spiritual Being" sheds light on how status quo of our own inner lives harms us: We denounce wisdom of others when it does not fit into our emotional framework. We choose to agree only with opinions of others who share our personal values and feelings...In this state of ignorance, we become subservient, we are at the mercy of the popular status quo.
It also reminds me, a story about bumblebee and an insect. A bumblebee offered ride to an insect across the beautiful garden. The insect took some of the bad smelling matter in his nose with him and could not understand, what the bumblebee was describing about different fragrance of different flowers. The bumblebee realized it and make the insects dawn into pond and take it out, so it can enjoy fragrance. Same way sometimes we are cut of – like a fortress. A Guru open a window in the fortress. Then also we need to put efforts to progress in this spiritual path. I was one of the fortunate persons, who listened to this story directly from HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Prior to that I read it in some book by Swami Vivekanand or Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
You will like this book, regardless of you are bright atheist or committed religionists. Here is my favorite content from the book. You may also like it. It is in context of Galileo
People who are unable to understand perfectly both scripture and science far outnumber those who do understand them perfectly. The former glancing superficially through the scriptures, could easily arrogate to themselves the authority to decide upon every question of physics on the strength of some word which they have misunderstood, and which was consciously employed by the sacred authors for some different purpose. And the smaller number of understanding men could not dam up the furious torrent of such people. These people would gain the most followers, simply because it is much more pleasant to gain a reputation for wisdom without effort or study, than to consume oneself tirelessly in the most laborious disciplines.
We all have heard famous quote from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita:
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
We have control/rights about our own actions only, not on its result / fruit / outcome. The same point when living Guru like HDH Praumkh Swami Maharaj explains with following words, it gives more insight understanding.
Do not confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence man can reach, but perfection is God's work.
- Pramukh Swami Maharaj
I have captured many such gems, thought provoking statements in my blog about this book. The book has four sections. So I wrote four blog posts covering pearls of wisdom from each section of the book. You may like to read:
Book: Transcendence
Transcendence - 4
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Let me share some pearls of wisdom from a book.
Transcendence
My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
with Arun Tiwari.
This is not a book review.
This article is just like
'key take away points' for me.
The book is divided in 4 parts. This article covers 4th part of the book.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part 4 Evolution of Creative Leadership
25
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them,
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but
for the heart to conquer it.
Six basic fears in the order of their most common appearance :
1. fear of poverty
2. fear of criticism
3. fear of ill health
4. fear of loss of someone
5. fear of old age and
6. fear of death.
26
Moral excellence was more a matter of divine bequest
Body has five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing.
Soul has five qualities: intuition, peace, foresight, trust and empathy.
Self-giving to God's Will
Is without fail,
A slow-ripening
But most delicious fruit
27
The noble man, he says, will help others even with his bones, whereas the ignoble, governed by fear and greed, is completely worthless, and in a crisis will only sell himself
How could anyone wish to fatten himself by eating fat of other beings? Butchering is disgrace; and eating meat is senseless
Liquor does not differ from poison
Ethics, virtues, righteousness and purity indeed make a human different from the beast
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of senses. We must observe great purity in our wills, in our intentions - in all our actions.
The light of love, the purity of grace,
The mind, the Music breathing from (his) face,
The heart whose softness harmonized the whole -
And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul !
Transcendence
My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
with Arun Tiwari.
This is not a book review.
This article is just like
'key take away points' for me.
The book is divided in 4 parts. This article covers 4th part of the book.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Part 4 Evolution of Creative Leadership
25
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them,
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but
for the heart to conquer it.
Six basic fears in the order of their most common appearance :
1. fear of poverty
2. fear of criticism
3. fear of ill health
4. fear of loss of someone
5. fear of old age and
6. fear of death.
- Napoleon Hill (from his classic book 'Think and Grow Rich' 1937)
Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the form of an impulse of thought.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
- Rabindranath Tagore
May we be fearless, from friends and enemies, from known and unknown.
From night and day, may all the direction be our allies.
- From Atharva Veda (XIX, 15:6)
26
Moral excellence was more a matter of divine bequest
- Socrates
Body has five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing.
Soul has five qualities: intuition, peace, foresight, trust and empathy.
Self-giving to God's Will
Is without fail,
A slow-ripening
But most delicious fruit
27
The noble man, he says, will help others even with his bones, whereas the ignoble, governed by fear and greed, is completely worthless, and in a crisis will only sell himself
- Thiruvalluvar - A Tamil poet and philosopher. From book Thirukkural 1080
How could anyone wish to fatten himself by eating fat of other beings? Butchering is disgrace; and eating meat is senseless
- Thiruvalluvar - A Tamil poet and philosopher. From book Thirukkural 254
Liquor does not differ from poison
- Thiruvalluvar - A Tamil poet and philosopher. From book Thirukkural 926
Ethics, virtues, righteousness and purity indeed make a human different from the beast
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of senses. We must observe great purity in our wills, in our intentions - in all our actions.
- HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj
The light of love, the purity of grace,
The mind, the Music breathing from (his) face,
The heart whose softness harmonized the whole -
And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul !
- Lord Byron (English Poet)
There is more than enough good to go around. There are more than enough create ideas. There is more than enough power, love, joy.
28
Access to higher consciousness is the purpose of human evolution, and non-violence is the means to access the higher consciousness.
Eight measures of self realization
1. Smyak gyan: Appropriate knowledge
2. Smyak darshan: Appropriate philosophy
3. Smyak charitra: Appropriate conduct
Five great vows for appropriate conduct
4. Ahimsa: non-violence
5. Satya: truthfulness
6. Asteya: not stealing
7. Bhramacharya: abstinence
8. Aprigriha: No possessions
Forgiveness is ultimately gift to ourselves. Only through forgiveness can wounds heal.
The truth is, unless you let go - unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over - you cannot move forwards
30
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
28
Access to higher consciousness is the purpose of human evolution, and non-violence is the means to access the higher consciousness.
Eight measures of self realization
1. Smyak gyan: Appropriate knowledge
2. Smyak darshan: Appropriate philosophy
3. Smyak charitra: Appropriate conduct
Five great vows for appropriate conduct
4. Ahimsa: non-violence
5. Satya: truthfulness
6. Asteya: not stealing
7. Bhramacharya: abstinence
8. Aprigriha: No possessions
- Vardhman Mahaveer (Jainism)
- English: One world family
- Sanskrit: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
- Tamil: Every country is my own and all the people are my kinsman. Purananuru Tamil poem in 300-100 BC
- Unity (tawhid) has 3 categories: Unity of God, Unity of religion and Unity of mankind, in Ahmadiya Muslim community
- "The earth is one country, and mankind its citizens" - Baha'ullah (founder og Bahai faith) in book "Tablet of Maqsud"
- Ubuntu - prominent philosophy of South Africa means 'humanness' 'humanity towards other' ' the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity'
Everything is connected and non-violence is an expression of this interconnection.
29
As I walked out of the door towards the gate that would lead to my freedom, I know if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
- Dr. Nelson Mandela (while coming out prison after 27 years)
Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, and of humility.
- Dr. Nelson Mandela
The weak can never forgive, Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
- Mahatma Gandhi
Forgiveness is ultimately gift to ourselves. Only through forgiveness can wounds heal.
The truth is, unless you let go - unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over - you cannot move forwards
30
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
- Albert Schweitzer
If you are serious about your health, think and take most concern for your peace of mind.
- Dalai Lama
Compassion has three components
1. cognitive: I understand you
2. affective: I feel for you
3. motivational: I want to help you
- Thupten Jinpa (eminent Tibetan scholar and translator of Dalai Lama)
True renewal relies on three key elements
1. Mindfulness
2. Hope
3. Compassion
i have just three things to teach
1. simplicity
2. patience
3. compassion
These three are your greatest treasures.
1. Mindfulness
2. Hope
3. Compassion
i have just three things to teach
1. simplicity
2. patience
3. compassion
These three are your greatest treasures.
- HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj
31
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this motion: the potential for greatness lives within each of us.
- Wilma Rudolph (African-American sprinter)
Vision without action is merely a dream
Action without vision just passes the time;
but vision with action can change the world.
32
We must reprogramme ourselves to understand that cooperation is a higher principle than competition.
The senses are not always reliable. Infinite intelligence does not err.
Quite time spent in reflection, a life of rigour and austerity; simple service does at any place to help the poor, the deprived, the disadvantaged and the disabled - and aiding animals and the environment - are method by which infinite intelligence may be most readily contacted.
Let us make our planet more liveable!
Epilogue
What a dream I had! I thought.
Or is this the dream into which I have not woken?
Spoken Sanskrit Workshops by me
Spoken Sanskrit Workshops: My students, are performing at last day closing ceremony. They learnt Sanskrit in just 10 days. Daily 2 hours. 10 x 2 = 20 hours. Feeling happy for my students, their fast progress and wishing all of them all the best for further Sanskrit study, good health, good wealth and happy life.
I will keep updating this list, in future.
1. Jun - July 2013 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhch7jrwVDwMAJexxgGbeQuFb
2. Sept - Oct 2013 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhcgle-nkBDCGVBWTxMjQlZpl
3. Feb 2014 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhciJj0IxPsZQe2_VYrlblLQp
4. Feb 2016 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhcivnD_xcfwIqooojUBto9l6
5. April 2017: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhciSRsxC1rm4qCYRSanDVI2h
6. Feb 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhcgGDlwwyKmiL40XtK3VN8mR
I will keep updating this list, in future.
1. Jun - July 2013 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhch7jrwVDwMAJexxgGbeQuFb
2. Sept - Oct 2013 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhcgle-nkBDCGVBWTxMjQlZpl
3. Feb 2014 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhciJj0IxPsZQe2_VYrlblLQp
4. Feb 2016 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhcivnD_xcfwIqooojUBto9l6
5. April 2017: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhciSRsxC1rm4qCYRSanDVI2h
6. Feb 2019: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0faGNhyuhcgGDlwwyKmiL40XtK3VN8mR
