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Docker Inc Release 'Docker Datacenter' to Support On-Premise 'Containers as a Service' (CaaS)
Docker Inc, have released Docker Datacenter (DDC), a subscription-based platform and support service that enables organisations to run a Docker-based Containers as a Service (CaaS) for building, deploying and managing containerised applications and infrastructure. The DDC is comprised of Docker Universal Control Plane (UCP) and Docker Trusted Registry (DTR)
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Building Microservice Infrastructure with Cisco's Mantl 1.0
At Cisco Live 2016, held in Berlin, the latest version of Cisco’s open source microservice platform, Mantl, was released. New features include multi-data center configuration via tooling like Project Calico, simplified version control of a developer's entire infrastructure configuration, and blue/green testing as part of a service upgrade process.
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Survey Indicates Rise in Container-based Stateful Applications
A survey revealed that more than 75% of IT decision makers are interested in running stateful applications like databases inside containers.
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Yelp Releases dumb-init, a Minimal init System for Docker Containers
Yelp released a minimal init system for Docker containers called dumb-init which acts as a proxy and performs other init functions by registering signal handlers and forwarding signals to the actual process running in the container.
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Docker, Inc Acquires Unikernel Systems Ltd with the Goal of 'Democratising Unikernel Technology'
Docker, Inc., the organisation behind the Docker platform, has acquired Unikernel Systems, a Cambridge, UK-based company focused on unikernel development. Docker Inc. have stated that this acquisition will enable the incorporation of unikernel-based software deployment on a ‘continuum with Linux and Windows containers’, and the company plans to ‘democratise unikernel technology’.
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Clair Helps Secure Docker Images
Clair is an open-source container vulnerability scanner recently released by CoreOs. The tool cross-checks if a Docker image's operating system and any of its installed packages match any known insecure package versions. The vulnerabilities are fetched from OS-specific common vulnerabilities and exposures databases. Currently supported are Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Debian.
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces New Members and Begins Accepting Technical Contributions
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project and organisation created with the purpose of advancing the development of ‘cloud native’ applications and services, has announced the joining of new members, the creation of a formal open governance structure, and new details about the associated technology stack.
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Container Manifests, Docker Labels, and the Implications on Security: A Q&A with Gareth Rushgrove
At DockerCon EU 2015, InfoQ sat down with Gareth Rushgrove, a senior software engineer at Puppet Labs, and explored the concepts behind his conference presentation “Shipping Manifests, Bill of Lading and Docker”. The range of topics discussed included the benefits of system package management (manifest) metadata, the use of Docker labels, and the implications on security and compliance audits.
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Microsoft Makes Azure Container Service Preview Available
Microsoft has recently announced the Azure Container Service has reached preview status. The service was first discussed at the AzureCon event earlier this fall and is now available to customers through a self-nomination process.
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Docker Monitoring: Best Practices, and a Comparison of the cAdvisor and Prometheus Monitoring Tools
At DockerCon EU 2015 Brian Christner presented an overview of ‘Docker Monitoring’ and shared best practices, a guide to the Docker stats API, and a comparison between three popular monitoring options: cAdvisor, ‘cAdvisor + InfluxDB + Grafana’, and Prometheus.
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Implementing an Open Source Private Docker-based PaaS: A Q&A with Rancher Labs CEO Sheng Liang
At DockerCon EU 2015, InfoQ sat down with the Rancher Labs team and asked about the company’s thoughts on the current state of Platform as a Service (PaaS), container-based application platforms, and surrounding issues such as networking and storage. The Rancher Labs' open source 'Rancher' PaaS was also discussed, and details provided about the benefits of using Docker in this space.
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How to be Successful Running Docker in Production
John Fiedler, Sr Director of Engineering at Salesforce IQ spoke at DockerCon EU on how to be successful running Docker in production backing it up with his own experience during the last two years. Fiedler recommends not to jump directly to use all the tools available around Docker, but executing a step by step strategy when moving services to containers.
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Docker 1.9 Brings Improvements on Networking, Storage and Clustering
Docker Inc. has presented Docker Engine 1.9 at DockerCon EU, which has taken place this month in Barcelona. This new release, which Docker announced at the beginning of the month, includes major changes on networking and volume management. Docker Swarm is ready for production and several improvements were made in Docker Compose, Docker Toolbox and Docker Registry.
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Docker Boosts Security on Containers
Docker Inc. has announced a new set of security enhancements at DockerCon EU, celebrated in Barcelona on 16-17th/Nov. These enhancements includes hardware signing of container images, content auditing through image scanning and vulnerability detection and granular access control policies with user namespaces.
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Structure 2015 - State of the Cloud and Container Ecosystems
Rising from the ashes of GigaOm the tribal gathering of cloud elders that is Structure has returned, and got off to a strong start with Battery Ventures' Adrian Cockcroft presenting on the State of the Cloud and Container Ecosystems. Cockcroft paid particular attention to the impact of containers, which wasn’t even a major discussion topic at the last Structure conference in 2013.