Many people are still parroting the “containers are fundamentally insecure” mantra while clearly not understanding the current state of the container development state. Since the start of the Docker-driven container revival, a host of useful tools have been developed to enhance container security. Nowadays, the larger security risks when deploying …
Are they really just Containers v2.0?
Unikernels – will they be the next hype thing after Containers or are they “just” Containers v2.0? How do they compare to Containers, Bare Metal or Serverless compute models? Kumulus Tech CTO, Robert Starmer, breaks down how they are like, yet differ from, Linux Containers and where their value proposition …
How Docker Containers help with OpenStack – OpenStack in Containers – Kolla
One of the questions that often comes up is if you should use OpenStack to run Linux Containers, or if you should use Containers to run OpenStack. I think both are valid and interesting options, and to that end, I’ve been working with the OpenStack Kolla Project to get a …
Containers for Application Development- Part 2 – the Microservices Application Model
When last we left the container world, we had looked at the shifts that have brought the Container model to the front and center of every developers attention. But we have yet to look at where this fits into the Enterprise application development environment, and I believe we need to …
The Linux Container – Part 1- Rise of the Containers
It’s new, it’s hot, it’s shiny, it’s a container! Linux containers solve all of your application and infrastructure problems after all, so there’s no doubt that you want to build a container solution to solve all your company’s IT problems. Well… actually…, it’s never that simple, and in fact for …
A Quick Introduction to Virtual Containers
Linux Containers – Docker, LXC, rkt and the like – are the current darling of much of the application development and virtualization world. Seemingly the cure to everything that ailed bloated virtual machines and accelerating (and adored by) the microservices development community, Containers have very real benefits compared to virtual …
Mesosphere open sources DC/OS – and gives Docker a push toward the Beach
With the announcement of Mesosphere open sourcing it’s Mesos-based DC/OS container management solution, and Kubernetes clearly pushing to enable underlying container models other than Docker, is Docker the next target for crushing defeat? The darling of the container community has been getting roughed up a bit recently, with their Docker …
OpenStack Magnum – the Underlay Solution for Deploying Production Containers
Containerize all things? Containers seem to be the only answer these days for how applications should be deployed, especially in the web-scale and microservices systems models. In jumping on the container bandwagon, most developers see a real benefit in a reduction in the operations burden needed to implement a service, …
What you Must know about Compute Services Needed for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service Cloud
The Compute Service is one of the three key resources in any cloud. Exactly how to approach compute has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The Virtual Machine is no longer “The” answer. Bare metal is increasingly important, especially in compute-intensive environments used for Big Data analytics. In the world …