For containers, security is problem #1
I get it. I really do. Containers let data-center and cloud administrators put two to three times more server instances on a given server than they can with virtual machines. That means fewer servers,...
View ArticleCanonical claims LXD crushes KVM
VANCOUVER — At OpenStack Summit, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical and Ubuntu‘s founder, announced that benchmarks proved that Ubuntu’s LXD container hypervisor “crushed” Linux’s own built-in virtual...
View ArticleGoogle still supports Docker
VANCOUVER –– When Google announced that it would support AppC, a vendor neutral container format, and the first container based on it, CoreOS’s Rocket (RKT), some people took this as Google supporting...
View ArticleThe Basics: Explaining Kubernetes, Mesosphere, and Docker Swarm
Containers, a lightweight way to virtualize applications, are an important element of any DevOps plan. But how are you going to manage all of those containers? Container orchestration...
View ArticleNew OpenStack Ocata stabilizes popular open-source cloud
Usually, it would be another couple of months before the open-source OpenStack Foundation cloud released a new version of its cloud software. This time around the OpenStack community released the...
View ArticleEnterprise container DevOps steps up its game with Kubernetes 1.6
Managing containers isn’t easy. That’s where such programs as Docker swarm mode, Kubernetes, and Mesosphere can make or break your containers initiatives. Perhaps the most popular of these, Kubernetes,...
View ArticleThe What, Why and Wow! Behind the CoreOS Container Linux
The usual debate over server Linux distributions begins with: Do you use a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)-based distribution, such as CentOS or Fedora; a Debian-based Linux like Ubuntu; or SUSE? But...
View ArticleContainers vs. virtual machines: How to tell which is the right choice for...
Name a tech company, any tech company, and they’re investing in containers. Google, of course. IBM, yes. Microsoft, check. But, just because containers are extremely popular, doesn’t mean virtual...
View ArticleGoogle, Red Hat, and VMware announce CoreOS container support
Before we declare Docker the champion of the container wars, CoreOS begs to differ. If CoreOS was just doing this alone, it might not matter much. But, CoreOS has some big friends, Red Hat, Google,...
View ArticleDo you need a container-specific Linux distribution?
You’ve always been able to run containers on a variety of operating systems: Zones on Solaris; Jails on BSD; Docker on Linux and now Windows Server; OpenVZ on Linux, and so on. As Docker in particular...
View ArticleFor containers, security is problem #1
I get it. I really do. Containers let data-center and cloud administrators put two to three times more server instances on a given server than they can with virtual machines. That means fewer servers,...
View ArticleCanonical claims LXD crushes KVM
VANCOUVER — At OpenStack Summit, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical and Ubuntu‘s founder, announced that benchmarks proved that Ubuntu’s LXD container hypervisor “crushed” Linux’s own built-in virtual...
View ArticleGoogle still supports Docker
VANCOUVER –– When Google announced that it would support AppC, a vendor neutral container format, and the first container based on it, CoreOS’s Rocket (RKT), some people took this as Google supporting...
View ArticleThe Basics: Explaining Kubernetes, Mesosphere, and Docker Swarm
Containers, a lightweight way to virtualize applications, are an important element of any DevOps plan. But how are you going to manage all of those containers? Container orchestration...
View ArticleCanonical makes Kubernetes moves
When last I spoke to Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical‘s founder, in Berlin, he told me that — when it comes to Kubernetes — enterprise “Kubernetes runs on Ubuntu.” Kubernetes, the most popular cloud...
View ArticleBitnami Kubernetes Production Runtime released
If you want to use a safe third-party container, smart people know they should turn to Bitnami. This company packages, deploys, and maintains applications in virtually any format for any platform....
View ArticleWhat is the Kubernetes hybrid cloud and why it matters
Over 8,000 people are at KubeCon in Seattle. Every major tech company and businesses I’ve never even heard of are here and trumpeting their Kubenetes distros — about 80 of them. IBM recently bought...
View ArticleIBM protects your cloud container data running under Kubernetes with encryption
Protecting your stored data on the cloud is a concern, but it’s easy enough with encryption. Thanks to SSL, it’s simple to protect data in motion on the network. But protecting your data when it’s...
View ArticleTriggerMesh brings AWS Lambda serverless computing to Kubernetes
Serverless computing‘s poster child software is Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Lambda. It only has one little problem: You can use it on AWS. If you’re wedded to AWS, that’s not a problem, but if you want...
View ArticleDevOps for the hybrid cloud: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4
With the growth of the cloud and containers, DevOps has become increasingly important. Old-school sysadmin methods and means simply aren’t up to managing server instances that can spin up at a moment’s...
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