So you know you want to learn about container orchestration, but which platform do you hitch your IT horse to? Docker Swarm and Kubernetes are popular choices (especially the latter), but what criteria do you use to choose between the two?
Docker Swarm
OpenFaaS: Serverless for Containers Made Easy
I like my functions like I like my Chinese takeout: in containers. OpenFaaS provides an open-source framework to make this an easy process. Creator Alex Ellis recently showed how to run it on a Raspberry Pi cluster with Kubernetes, as well as showed off some interesting demos at DockerCon EU 17.
Mesosphere, Kubernetes and the coming container orchestration consensus
Ray Lucchesi considers the implications of Mesosphere now supporting Kubernetes. He also points out why Mesosphere’s own Marathon orchestrator will probably stay relevant in the enterprise for the foreseeable future.
How Kubernetes and Mesos are Solving the future of abstraction – Part 1 of 3
I’ve spent the last few weeks getting to know more about the container ecosystem. This has mostly focused on container deployment. I’ve also been looking into persistent networking and storage for these stateless constructs. But for the most part I haven’t really touched on container cluster management. Eric Wright has a nice piece introducing the […]
Docker 1.12 The Game Changer
Nigel Poulton of nigelpoulton.com comments: It’s no secret that Docker and containers have been threatening to change the world for a while now. And they already have for some of us. But you know what… there’s always been something missing, something preventing it from taking off big style. Like a missing ingredient or something. Well […]