why to docker
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Karthik GaekwadSenior Engineer
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11 years of building software for large and small enterprises
Karthik Gaekwad•Lead Organizer Devopsdays Austin•Lead Organizer CloudAustin•Agile Conference 2014/15:
•DevOps track reviewer
Quick Note:
Feel free to ask any questions you may have in the question box. If I can’t answer it during
the presentation, I’ll write a blog with answers on stackengine.com
What is Docker?
Open source platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship and run distributed applications anywhere.
Docker Ecosystem•Docker Engine
•Runtime and packaging tool•Installed on hosts that run Docker
•Docker Hub•Cloud Service for storing and sharing applications
•Saving images (public/private)
Docker Features•Portability•Standardized Environments•Rapid scale-up/scale-down•Ability to build a continuous delivery (CD) pipeline
•Dependency management
Portability• Idea of writing once and running anywhere.
•As long as your application is Dockerized, you can run it anywhere that has the Docker Engine installed.
•Easy to change from 1 host to another.•Flexibility to change underlying infrastructure/operating systems etc.
•Change from 1 cloud provider to another.
Standardized Environments• Coding environments can be made consistent from
development ->staging->QA->production.• Per environment configurations are fed in the same
way to each container which reduces configuration issues.
• Time spent debugging environmental issues is reduced drastically.
• Developers understand the production environment better, which leads to better code quality.
Scaling•Containers take seconds to deploy.•Scale up and down your infrastructure is a lot faster than traditional configuration management tools.
Continuous Delivery/Deployment• Docker API’s and Docker Hub make it easy to build a
deployment pipeline.• After successful builds, a CI system can build and push a
Docker image to the Hub/private Docker repo.• Deploy new containers to desired environment on a periodic
basis/trigger webhooks to deploy.• Detailed example later..
Minimize Dependency Hell
•Dependency hell happens when:• 2 running Java or Ruby applications that depend on
different versions of the same library…..•How Docker can help:
• Isolate each application (along with it’s dependencies) so that they can be loaded in their own container.
• 1 container for 1 application or service (micro service architecture)
Standardized Environments• Starting point for most organizations to use Docker.• Take existing (or new) applications, containerize them, run
them the same way on dev/stage/production.• Examples on Docker.com: Orbitz, Uber• @StackEngine:
• All our infrastructure run in containers.• Every code push builds a new container for the application.• All environments uses the same command to run the application:• sudo docker run -d -p 7777:7777 -e SE_DB=‘db_val’
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Pipelines• Most common usecase of how people use Docker today.• Examples on Docker.com: Business Insider, Spotify, Yelp• @StackEngine:
• Code is commit to github; triggers a build with CircleCI.• Successful build results in a built container that is deployed to a
private registry.• Successful push to registry triggers a webhook to the StackEngine
product.• StackEngine redeploys new container to production.• 4 minute turnaround from commit->running in production.
Multi tenancy applications
•Single Tenant application-> Multi tenant application by launching multiple instances of the same application in different containers.
•http://flux7.com/docker/
Other use cases•Running a PaaS
•Running entire datacenters using Docker. •EngineYard/Yandex/Baidu are great examples of this.
•Hosting Legacy Applications•Containerizing hard to run applications is becoming a frequent usecase.
Docker in Production?•Great blog post summarizing current challenges: http://sirupsen.com/production-docker/
•Already made huge strides in networking/log management.
•Recommendation:•Start small, learn, adapt, expand.
Resources for learning Docker:
•Docker 101 (@behemphi): http://stackengine.com/docker-101-01-docker-development-environments/
•Docker Tutorials by John Willis: https://blog.docker.com/author/john-willis/
•The Docker Book- James Turnbull