Hello from all of us here at
Sysdig! After the great comments and feedback we are doing it again: a newsletter to share the latest happenings in the container ecosystem across vendors and open source projects like Docker, Kubernetes, DC/OS Mesos, Openshift, etc.
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DOCKER
Docker to Give Control of containerd to the Community
containerd, a core part of the Docker Engine handling container execution, images, local storage and network interfaces
will be run from an independent project where Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft have committed to contribute.
Docker for AWS Goes Public Beta
Docker for AWS and
Docker for Azure are now available for everyone.
Docker Move Towards Distributed Storage
Docker has acquired Infinit, a technology that aims at making easier to deploy stateful services and legacy apps on Docker thanks to
their secure distributed storage. Docker expects to release it as open source over 2017.
Lightweight Docker Images in 5 Steps
5 steps to
make your Docker images smaller.
Building and shipping Raspberry-flavoured Microservices
An on-hands article on
building a microservices Java app with Spring on Docker Swarm and CI workflow.
Container Image Immutability and the Power of Metadata
A
deep dive into container image immutability and how metadata helps on image maintainability.
Amazon releases Blox, an open ECS scheduler
Amazon
has released Blox, a framework to enable ECS users to write their own schedulers. This announcement comes backed by
Netflix already using it.
Kompose: From Dev Envs with docker-compose to Prod with Kubernetes
Kompose, a tool to migrate dev docker-compose files, makes the move to Kubernetes production clusters.
KUBERNETES
Kubernetes Distributions and Heptio
There is a lot of discussion about
The Coming of the Kubernetes Distributions. CoreOS announced their
self-driving version of Kubernetes. Canonical also
just announced their own. Kubernetes founders
launched Heptio but they have
no intention of creating a new distro of their own.
Kubernetes 1.5
A new version of Kubernetes was released: 1.5. Two headlines: a framework to
support for non Docker containers like rkt or Windows and making easier to deploy
state aware applications. If interested in rkt and Kubernetes, don’t miss
What Kubernetes users should know about the rkt container engine.
How to Create and Use Kubernetes Secrets
With the end of the year approaching and so much going on around Kubernetes, the commmunity starts to speculate on what’s coming next. We liked
Is 2017 the Year of Kubernetes? and
Thinking Out Loud: The Future of Kubernetes.
How to Create and Use Kubernetes Secrets
Kubernetes offerts the secrets service for passwords, certificates and other credentials. This is
how to use it.
Running an Application Using Kubernetes on AWS
Grig Gheorghiu wrote a cookbook for
running an application using Kubernetes on AWS, we liked how he covered persistent volumes with EBS.
Simulating a network partition
Read on
how to simulate a network partition, using a Neo4j cluster as an example, but valid for any clustered database.
Who Would Win in a Fight Between Kubernetes and ECS?
Anne Currie
compares Kubernetes and ECS. Who would win in a fight? This is why they ended up choosing Kubernetes.
OPEN SHIFT
Openshift Dedicated on GCP
Openshift Dedicated, the private cluster managed by RedHat services available not only in AWS, but
now also on Google Cloud Platform.
How Red Hat Aims to Make Kubernetes Boring…and Successful
Following on the topic of Kubernetes distributions,
how Red Hat is embracing a novel open source project to make it Enterprise ready.
SYSDIG
Sysdig CCWFS Videos
To wrap up
our first open-source community event we have made the videos of all the talks available on
Sysdig Camp-Con-World-Fest-Summit playlist.
SELinux, Seccomp, Falco, and You: A Technical Discussion
How does Sysdig Falco compare to other tools like SELinux, AppArmor, Auditd, etc. that also have security policies?
SELinux, Seccomp, Falco, and You: A Technical Discussion.
Also From our Blog
On Monoliths, Kubernetes, and Monitoring: Transitioning to Docker at Major League Soccer.
Understanding how Kubernetes DNS Services work.
DC/OS MESOS
Running Online Services at Riot
A multiple parts series piece on how Riot Games has been adopting microservices, containers and preparing the transition from their homebrew scheduler to DC/OS:
Part 1,
Part 2.
CouchBase Cluster on DC/OS
Arun Gupta has been writing a lot recently about container orchestration for developers. We liked
how to create a Couchbase cluster on DC/OS.
Troubleshooting and Debugging DC/OS
Two small but very useful on
troubleshooting common scenarios in DCOS and
debugging DCOS.