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Uber Releases Kraken: An Open Source P2P Docker Registry
Uber has released Kraken, an open source, peer-to-peer (P2P) Docker registry. Kraken is a highly available and scalable Docker registry tailored to meet the needs of enterprises and hybrid cloud environments.
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Gremlin Announces Free Tier for Their Chaos Experimentation Platform
Gremlin has announced “Gremlin Free”, which provides the ability to run chaos engineering experiments on a free tier of their failure-as-a-service SaaS platform. The current version of the free tier allows the execution of shutdown and CPU attacks on hosts or containers, which can be controlled via a simple web-based user interface, API or CLI.
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Debugging Microservices Running in Containers: Tooling Review at KubeCon NA
At KubeCon NA held in Seattle in December 2018, several tools for debugging containerised microservices were presented throughout the conference sessions and the sponsored booths demonstrations. A notable separation appears to be occurring within the market, between "active" and "passive" debugging tools. Two examples within these categories are Rookout and Squash, respectively.
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RunC Bug Enables Malicious Containers to Gain Root Access on Hosts
Security researchers have discovered a critical bug in runC - a lightweight CLI tool for spawning containers according to the OCI specification - which allows the attackers to escape the container and gain administrative privileges on the host, rendering it vulnerable.
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Docker Announces Support for Windows Server 2019 within Docker Enterprise
Docker announced support for Windows Server 2019 Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) and the Server 1809 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) release within the Docker Enterprise platform. Server 2019 brings a number of improvements from previous SAC releases into the LTSC, including ingress routing, virtual IP service discovery, and named pipe mounting.
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New Docker Hub Merges Together Docker Cloud and Docker Store
Docker has released a new Docker Hub experience that combines the previous Docker Store, Docker Cloud, and Docker Hub functionality into one location. This provides users with a single experience for finding, storing, and sharing container images. Verified and certified images and plugins are now available through Docker Hub. They have also released improvements to the automated build feature.
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DockerCon EU 2018 Summary: Migration Tooling, Docker Desktop Enterprise and More
At DockerCon Europe 2018, core announcements included the preview of container-based migration tooling for .NET and Java applications, support for digital transformation efforts and technology integration projects, the launch of Docker Desktop Enterprise, the open sourcing of Docker Compose on Kubernetes, and the announcement of the CNAB specification in collaboration with Microsoft.
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Microsoft Announces Container Support for Azure Cognitive Services
Microsoft has announced container support for Cognitive Services, which allows taking advantage of machine learning capabilities anywhere, whether it is in the cloud, on the edge or on-premises. With Azure Cognitive Services, organizations can start using various cognitive features, like vision, speech and text processing, without the need for a dedicated data scientist.
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Test Driven Containerized Build Pipelines in ConcourseCI
A Lead Developer at Thoughtworks shared his team’s experience in rewriting the build pipeline for one of their clients. They migrated from Jenkins to ConcourseCI, with a focus on configuration-as-code, pipeline-driven delivery, container support and visibility into the system.
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How Checkly Achieves Zero Downtime Deployments with Terraform
Checkly, a monitoring tool that validates the correctness of API endpoints and browser click flows, shared their experience of using Terraform to achieve zero downtime deployments for their Docker based infrastructure on AWS.
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eBay Replatforming to Kubernetes, Envoy and Kafka: Intending to Open Source Hardware and Software
eBay has discussed how they are conducting a replatforming initiative across their entire technology stack, including building and releasing as open source both the hardware and software. Open source is fueling the software transformation of eBay’s infrastructure with cloud native technologies like Kubernetes, Envoy, MongoDB, Docker and Apache Kafka.
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation Accepts Harbor into CNCF Sandbox
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that they have accepted Harbor, a cloud-native registry that stores, signs, and scans container images, into their sandbox. Harbor extends Docker Distribution, the Docker toolset used to work with Docker content, by adding functionalities such as security, identity, and management.
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IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2 Supports Java 11, MacBook Touch Bar and More
JetBrains recently released the IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2. This version brings support for the upcoming Java 11, breakpoints intentions, MacBook Touch Bar, enhancements for Spring Boot, Scala and Docker plugin, and more.
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Jib, a Java Container Image Builder from Google
Google recently announced Jib, an open-source container image builder that lets Java developers build Java containers using well-known Java tools.
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Docker Desktop Adds Kubernetes Support
Docker has released Kubernetes support in their stable channel for Docker Desktop on Windows and on Mac. Kubernetes is also supported by Docker Enterprise, allowing you to deploy the same images in both systems. This includes Docker Compose support, allowing you to use compose files to deploy to the Kubernetes cluster as an alternative to kubeconfig files.