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Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by shykes »

terhechte wrote: post #77

I like the idea. Really cool. I've been researching docker a lot lately, and did most of my recent development on Core OS. I do have a question that wasn't immediately obvious: Docker maintains that one should make a container out of every application so that instead of having to install apache + mysql + php in one Ubuntu environment, you'd create three docker containers (apache, mysql, memcache) and run them togethe…

There is a new feature of Docker called Links which allows you to organize your stack in multiple containers and "link" them together so they can discover and connect to each other.

There's a great explanation here: http://blog.docker.io/2013/10/docker-0-6-5-links-container-n...

Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by Lazare »

chubot wrote: post #80
Lazare wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Emerging best practices seems to be to use Vagrant to create a great development environment, then use docker containers inside that for isolation. The two work together quite well. There's a comment from the Vagrant creator here about that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6291549 In short, yes, just run a VM.

So I already use Linux almost exclusively for development, and VMs are not in my workflow at all. It seems bizarre to build a VM to build a container! Like too many levels of yak shaving.

> It seems bizarre to build a VM to build a container! Like too many levels of yak shaving.

Perhaps, but you just said:

> I have a 32 bit Linux desktop and a Mac and haven't gotten around to installing Docker. At work I have a 64 bit Linux desktop and it seemed to be extremely picky about the kernel version so I gave up.

Precisely. Hence VMs, because Vagrant makes it trivial to spin up an instance configured however you like.

You're basically saying "I have a problem installing Docker, but I don't need a VM because I don't have any problems a VM would solve", but this is nonsense because this is the precise problem development VMs are meant to solve.

Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by edbyrne »

j-b wrote: post #42

Just signed up but the site now appears to be down, receiving "We're sorry, but something went wrong."

Hackernews traffic spike! You can signup and create a Dockerfile - we've just paused instance deployment for a couple of hours as we add more servers. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by edbyrne »

cobrabyte wrote: post #72
arianvanp wrote: post #69

I Love the idea! really. I just don't like all the UX yet. Some things feel ... off. It might be something personal. I'm not sure. But I guess it's interesting to discuss. "Drops are distilled Decks" The words feel semantically mismatched for some reason. If I think "Deck"I don't think "Config". If I think "Drop" I don'think "Deployable stuff" and I don't see how a "Distilled deck" is a "drop". Also it feels odd that…

One thing that surprised me... When I created a Deck (default Sinatra Hello World) and converted it to a Drop, it did just that: it removed the Deck and created a Drop. I guess I thought it would keep the Deck so that I could see the configuration that I had chosen to create it. Is this a Docker thing where, once you've created it, you don't see the config any longer? I don't think it is but I've not honestly played…

Appreciate the feedback - thanks - point taken and we'll fix this.

Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by edbyrne »

atomaka wrote: post #68
sillysaurus2 wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rise of Docker is fascinating. How did you get people to care about it initially? Did everyone immediately see it as a good idea? Congrats.

The real question is why Sun didn't succeed in leveraging this technology with their implementation of zones.

To be honest - I think it's a timing thing - virtualization wasn't popular initially but VMWare did a great marketing job. Then any hyper-visor became acceptable. Now - VPS-style containers are becoming acceptable. IE: Docker.

Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by shiftpgdn »

peteforde wrote: post #66
Angostura wrote: post #15

I love the fact that you keep trying to define your own vocubulary 'Deck' etc, but always have to explain it. Best to stick with the more eaily understood term, rather than invent your own, I think. Unless you're going to try and trademark them all.

Heroku created almost as many new terms as Tolkien, and they seem to have made out just fine.

God this drives my absolutely insane. Elvish marketing speak is such a stupid waste of time. Why can't we stick to commonly accepted terms instead of trying to bake up new "Cloud"esque replacement terms.

Re: Show HN: Hosted Docker-as-a-Service on SSDs for $5

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Post by tekknik »

shykes wrote: post #63

Hi everyone, Docker maintainer here. Here's my list of docker hosting services. Please correct me if I forgot one! I expect this list to get much, much longer in the next couple months. * http://baremetal.io * http://digitalocean.com (not docker-specific but they have a great docker image) * http://orchardup.com * http://rackspace.com (not docker-specific but they have a great docker image) * http://stackdock.com EDI…

So I just checked the docker website (http://www.docker.io/learn_more/) and there is still a flag up stating it's not yet ready for production use. Does this mean you guys/gals are gaining enough confidence in it now?
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