Docker Turning 5 -- Meteoric Growth Continues Docker is turning five this month. A recent Docker blog post celebrating that fact explores some numbers and case studies around Docker usage. According to the post, Docker EE (Docker's commercially-supported "Enterprise Edition") has over 450 customers. Meanwhile the Docker project has over 200 active user groups and [...]
Docker announced yesterday that they’re expanding the platform to embrace Kubernetes. Going forward, Docker will support Kubernetes as part of Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) and Docker for Mac and Windows. Formerly, Kubernetes had been a rival to Docker’s own Swarm container orchestrator. EE users will now have their pick between Swarm and Kubernetes, and can [...]
Docker Basics for IT Admins Docker has started a new blog series covering "A Day in the Life of a Docker Admin." The series will discuss how common IT administrative tasks "translate into the world of Docker." It will walk through: Managing .NET apps and migrating them off Windows Server 2008 How container networking works [...]
Try Docker EE Docker has shared a hosted trial environment that provides access to a full Docker EE Advanced environment – this without the need to install anything. Check it out at: https://www.docker.com/trial. Docker Hacking Challenge A security company has shared a Docker hacking challenge: a vulnerable Docker VM that’s built as a kind of [...]
VMWare Cloud on AWS Launches VMWare Cloud on AWS is now generally available to customers, according to coverage by VentureBeat and The New Stack. The offering allows customers to run their workloads in the cloud in “an environment that’s as consistent as possible [with] on-premises data centers.” Users will also have access to the full [...]
Introduction to Docker A recent “Docker 101” webinar gives a comprehensive introduction of the technology – from what it is to how it looks in production. Docker recently shared the recording of that webinar, along with a full Q&A covering container security, the myriad advantages of containers, and steps on the journey to app modernization, [...]
Docker Secrets A recent Docker blog post shows how to implement secrets in a Dockerized application. This allows you to manage configuration and confidential information (like passwords or credentials). According to the post, Docker, “manages secrets and securely transmits it to only those nodes in the swarm that need access to it.” The secrets are [...]
Last month, the Docker Las Vegas meetup hosted David Yu – a solutions engineer for Docker. David oversaw a hands-on workshop about, “deploying multi-OS applications with Docker Swarm,” walking participants through building a Swarm cluster and deploying an app. The app was comprised of two services – each of which ran on a separate operating [...]
Docker: Intro to LinuxKit, Docker EE on G-Cloud 9, Security of Docker for AWS / Azure, Docker EE Demo, LinuxKit Improving Linux Security INTRO TO LINUXKIT -- Docker has shared a recap of their online meetup introducing LinuxKit ("a toolkit for building secure, lean and portable Linux subsystems"). This is the same tooling that sits [...]
This week, Docker announced the Docker Student Developer Kit and the Campus Ambassador Program, two initiatives meant to introduce Docker to the student community. The programs allow students to get hands on with Docker, offering free repos on Docker Cloud, and encouraging collaboration with Ambassador-led events and a community directory and Slack channel. “For quite [...]
