Now, if you look in this directory, you’ll notice that it’s been set up with a Dockerfile. So on my Fedora machine, I did: mkdir StarWars Google to the rescue. I discovered the ascii-telnet-server project. I made a few attempts at getting it to run but ran into issues with Telnet both in the container and on my host. So after a colleague said I should run it from a container, I thought I’d try doing so. It has made the rounds over the years and is fun to watch, but lately, trying to get it to run over Telnet can sometimes be challenging.

Several years ago, Simon Jansen created Star Wars Asciimation, which shows the first Star Wars movie, now called “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope,” entirely in ASCII and runs over Telnet. Free eBook: Build Applications with Kubernetes and OpenShiftĪs I know being a Star Wars fan is a trait that I share with many in the tech industry, I thought I’d celebrate May the Fourth with a little mix of containers and Star Wars in one.Interactive course: Getting started with OpenShift.Free eBook: Designing Cloud-Native Applications.Free cheatsheet: Kubernetes and Minikube.