[dba-VS] What is Docker

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very nice thanks for sharing


On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 7:25 PM Doug Murphy <dw-murphy at cox.net> wrote:

> Thanks Jim,
>
> I am in the same situation. Overwhelmed with other stuff at the moment. No
> time for experimenting.
>
> Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-VS [mailto:dba-vs-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Lawrence
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 6:14 PM
> To: Development in Visual Studio
> Subject: Re: [dba-VS] What is Docker
>
> Hi Doug:
>
> I think you actually can now. It may take a bit of finessing and research
> (check out the boot2docker site) but I think it can be done.
>
> If you decide to test your limits keep me posted if you are running into
> any
> issues or have made some great advances.
>
> Aside: I will take a closer look when things become less busy...currently
> setting up ownCloud as a hub for much of the families public and personal
> data...but the garden and a number of other home-building project are now
> taking precedence.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
> To: "Development in Visual Studio" <dba-vs at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2015 9:43:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-VS] What is Docker
>
> Interesting. From the youtube I can see promise. It would be nice if
> Windows
> supported containers and I could put my commercial Access runtime in one to
> run on other OS's without the hassle of VM installations.
>
> Doug
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-VS [mailto:dba-vs-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Lawrence
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 7:52 AM
> To: Development in Visual Studio
> Subject: [dba-VS] What is Docker
>
> Docker is a fabulous new tool allowing easy application deployment on
> diverse platforms but caution should be taken. Below is one of the best
> description of Docker Containers:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLipr7tTuA4
>
> To allow a container to run on all major platforms a service/server can be
> first installed (Microsoft is making their own portable service/server):
>
> http://boot2docker.io
>
> Containers are great because of their small image size, ability to be
> easily
> copied and their absolutely static code. This is also their greatest
> weakness. It should be noted that at best the developer should be rolling
> their own Container images, from scratch and at worse off loading prebuilt
> images from a very reliable sources. Casual use of Containers could be more
> dangerous than the use of proprietary code:
>
>
> http://www.vitavonni.de/blog/201503/2015031201-the-sad-state-of-sysadmin-in-
> the-age-of-containers.html
> <http://www.vitavonni.de/blog/201503/2015031201-the-sad-state-of-sysadmin-in-the-age-of-containers.html>
>
> In summary Containers are a great technology but they should be crafted and
> used with care.
>
> Jim
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