Getting Started with Docker
It can’t be helped. There’s just too much cool stuff out there and not enough time to spend dedicating myself to one piece of technology. That being said, I fully intend on continuing the Chef posts, but Im going to be mixing in some docker posts as well. Im hoping that there’s some cross-connect as well where we can talk about using docker in conjunction with Chef as well.
Docker is something that I haven’t seen before. From what I have seen so far, it appears to be an incredibly easy way to containerize applications and software on a linux system. The docker website summarizes docker as..
“An open platform for distributed applications for developers and sysadmins.”
That summarizes things nicely, but again, why is a network guy interested in this? First off, I’m a little tired of VMware. Don’t confuse me being tired with a general dislike of the product. I’ve been using VMware for years and for the most part, it works well and provides the functions I need. On the flip side, Im not convinced there’s anything particularly special about VMware.
I’ve been using ProxMox at home for some time and it does everything that I Continue reading