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Rancher Labs Release Rancher 1.0, An Open Source Cross-Cloud Container Management Platform
Rancher Labs have released version 1.0 of their open source Rancher container management platform, which allows the deployment of Docker containers via Docker Swarm, Kubernetes or Rancher Labs’ Cattle. Rancher manages the underlying compute fabric, and can be deployed across a combination of multiple public cloud vendors, private virtualised clouds and bare metal.
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Azure Service Fabric Reaches General Availability
At Microsoft’s recent Build conference in San Francisco, the company announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Service Fabric.
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Does Running Java on Docker Containers Violate Agreements?
In a recent blog post Henn Idan raised an issue that using Oracle Java in containers could be violating the Oracle licensing agreements. Is this an issue, or is it something that developers should be concerned about? InfoQ investigates.
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Bootable Apps for Immutable Infrastructure and Security
Axel Fontaine on the "Bootable App" pattern, a bare bones machine image for deploying immutable infrastructure to the cloud. This minimal image covers all layers of the stack, including OS kernel, libraries and runtime environment but still has a small footprint, reducing both image upload time and storage costs while also significantly reducing the attack surface on running instances.
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Bare Metal Containers Made Easier with Mayu and Yochu
Giant Swarm open-sources Mayu and Yochu, tools that aim to make it easier to provision CoreOS clusters on bare metal.
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All Things Containers From Solaris Zones to Docker
InfoQ's Rags Srinivas caught up with Bryan Cantrill a day after the Containers Summit at New York City and discussed all things containers from Solaris Zones to Docker.
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Creating Microservice Deployment Pipelines with Netflix’s Spinnaker: A Perspective from Google
At the microXchg 2016 conference, held in Berlin, Rick Buskens presented “Microservice Deployment Pipelines with Spinnaker”, which discussed the collaboration between Netflix and Google on the Netflix-conceived Spinnaker continuous delivery platform. Spinnaker can be used to create build pipelines for safe and predictable deployment of microservice applications across multiple cloud providers.
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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 Unveils New Ecosystem Technology Partners for Log Management
Docker announced several software and cloud platforms as its Ecosystem Technology Partners (ETP) for log management. The ETP program is an endorsement that the software or platform works well with Docker.
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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.