Re:Docker in Production: A retort
by gerdesj on Saturday November 05, 2016 @06:50PM
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Thanks for stopping by. I too would like to see something more than a "my toys broke - mwaaaah".
I personally find Docker a phenomenal resource for development. For production however, you analyze your use case, the risks, the failure modes etc etc and then you decide whether Docker is a part of that.
I'm by no means a massive Docker user but compared to many of the sub systems running on my laptop it has been very stable for me although I do run Gentoo. Actually my entire laptop is surprisingly stable TBH. I absolutely love the way I run a few short commands and a fully tooled up web app with all the supporting infrastructure simply appears.
Funnily enough, only yesterday I had a look at this: https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/ which I found in an article somewhere (LWN?) Yep - love it (NC) so the next step will be to decide how to use it for my home production system (yes I have dev/production at home) For that I will use pretty much the same criteria that I will use for my office and finally my customer systems. In this case Docker for production probably makes sense but I need to analyze it a lot more. A CoreOS VM will probably be spun up very soon in my attic for stage 2 in home production.
I really don't like to see rants along the lines of the other article, denigrating a product that a lot of people have worked hard on, that shows a lack of discipline and clarity of thought. I for one would like to thank you for your work and making it available for all. It has genuinely saved me time and effort and made my IT life a little bit better.
To answer your final question: a thicker skin, mate 8)
I personally find Docker a phenomenal resource for development. For production however, you analyze your use case, the risks, the failure modes etc etc and then you decide whether Docker is a part of that.
I'm by no means a massive Docker user but compared to many of the sub systems running on my laptop it has been very stable for me although I do run Gentoo. Actually my entire laptop is surprisingly stable TBH. I absolutely love the way I run a few short commands and a fully tooled up web app with all the supporting infrastructure simply appears.
Funnily enough, only yesterday I had a look at this: https://nextcloud.com/collaboraonline/ which I found in an article somewhere (LWN?) Yep - love it (NC) so the next step will be to decide how to use it for my home production system (yes I have dev/production at home) For that I will use pretty much the same criteria that I will use for my office and finally my customer systems. In this case Docker for production probably makes sense but I need to analyze it a lot more. A CoreOS VM will probably be spun up very soon in my attic for stage 2 in home production.
I really don't like to see rants along the lines of the other article, denigrating a product that a lot of people have worked hard on, that shows a lack of discipline and clarity of thought. I for one would like to thank you for your work and making it available for all. It has genuinely saved me time and effort and made my IT life a little bit better.
To answer your final question: a thicker skin, mate 8)
Cheers Jon