[Swlug] Docker, containers, oh my!

[David Goodwin]

On 19/04/17 16:19, Matt Willsher via Swlug wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Whats your view on Docker (and container in general)?

At $job-1 I built a hosting platform for (mostly) wordpress sites using 
LXC containers (with hindsight I chose the wrong technology - but at the 
time LXC seemed more mature with support for e.g. privilege separation).

I think it's hosting about 2500 sites now - spread over about 20 VMs.

So - they are "production ready".


But it does depend on the application(s). Deploying something like a 
standalone Wordpress site (minimal interdependencies) is quite different 
from a large bespoke application.


Container management/orchestration is still something that's being 
worked on. Kubernetes looks very promising.

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> Do you use it and if so to what degree? Has it made your liked easier?


Using it - Yes. But not entirely.

I makes it easier to deploy the application to live - as there's no 
"build a VM, install stuff onto it" stage...


David.