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Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by nazgob »

wmf wrote: post #185
m_mueller wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope there's going to be an easy way to package this with your own docker image in order to have a new way to distribute applications. My usecase is running a server locally so you can use a webapp with local network speed and offline access and lots of local storage.

Running an app in a Docker container in a Linux VM on a magic hypervisor sounds like a lot of work compared to something like Electron or NW.

Docker does much more then just that. All your dependencies are handled which is not the case with writing multiplatform app in Electron.

Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by matt4077 »

STRML wrote: post #111

I'm also in the beta, and I like it a lot. It's functionally equivalent to `dlite`, which Nathan LaFreniere has done an extremely good job on. He deserves massive credit for making OSX Docker dev bearable and for providing the inspiration for "Docker for Mac". A few issues I've seen: 1. I cannot believe they are using `docker.local`. This hostname will cause nothing but trouble for years to come. DON'T USE `.local`!…

I believe there's a .dev TLD coming, so don't use docker.dev, either.

Maybe it's time for an RFC that creates a guaranteed-not-to-be-public TLD, kinda like test.com? Until then, docker. might be your best bet, actually.

Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by [deleted] »

tacos wrote: post #35
shykes wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disclaimer: I work at Docker. The reason we are keeping the beta private is because we don't believe the quality is good enough yet to "open the floodgates". We are sending as many invites as the engineers are comfortable with - currently that's several thousands per day. As we hit more and more edge cases (performance, stability, support for unusual configurations...) we are expanding the pool as fast as we can.

I appreciate this but in that case you should collect configuration data as part of requesting the bits. If I'm on a machine that's known borked, I'll wait. If not, gimme and I'll help you fix. Otherwise it feels like you're just using this as a marketing trick to build buzz.

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Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by _0w8t »

I got an impression that this is not that useful for development due to very weak networking support.

For example I use a single docker installation in a VM to test several unrelated projects with all of them providing a web server on a port 80/443. I do not want to remap ports not to deviate from the production config. Instead I added several IP to the VM and exposed relevant containers on own IP addresses. Then for testing I use a custom /etc/hosts that overwrites production names with VM's IP addresses. This works very nicely.

But I do not see that something like this is possible with "Docker for Mac".

Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by johanlarsson »

shykes wrote: post #91
shuzchen wrote: post #13

Can anybody in HN provide a quickpath into the beta? I signed up when it was first announced (seems to be over 30 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11352389 ) but haven't heard anything back yet.

If you're comfortable sharing your Docker ID, feel free to share it here and we'll fast-track you! Generally anyone who cares enough to ask directly, we'll automatically add to the top of the list. EDIT: or, feel free to contact us privately with a few details on your configuration and use case: feedback+hn@docker.com

Would love to get fasttracked. Docker id: kottkrig

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Post by kraken998 »

shykes wrote: post #91
shuzchen wrote: post #13

Can anybody in HN provide a quickpath into the beta? I signed up when it was first announced (seems to be over 30 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11352389 ) but haven't heard anything back yet.

If you're comfortable sharing your Docker ID, feel free to share it here and we'll fast-track you! Generally anyone who cares enough to ask directly, we'll automatically add to the top of the list. EDIT: or, feel free to contact us privately with a few details on your configuration and use case: feedback+hn@docker.com

Wow that's great! docker id: ojss

Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by albx87 »

shykes wrote: post #91
shuzchen wrote: post #13

Can anybody in HN provide a quickpath into the beta? I signed up when it was first announced (seems to be over 30 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11352389 ) but haven't heard anything back yet.

If you're comfortable sharing your Docker ID, feel free to share it here and we'll fast-track you! Generally anyone who cares enough to ask directly, we'll automatically add to the top of the list. EDIT: or, feel free to contact us privately with a few details on your configuration and use case: feedback+hn@docker.com

Great! Docker ID: albx87

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Post by misterdai »

shykes wrote: post #91
shuzchen wrote: post #13

Can anybody in HN provide a quickpath into the beta? I signed up when it was first announced (seems to be over 30 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11352389 ) but haven't heard anything back yet.

If you're comfortable sharing your Docker ID, feel free to share it here and we'll fast-track you! Generally anyone who cares enough to ask directly, we'll automatically add to the top of the list. EDIT: or, feel free to contact us privately with a few details on your configuration and use case: feedback+hn@docker.com

I'd love to be on the beta, signed up and have been waiting patiently but can't pass up a queue jump ;) Docker ID = misterdai

Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by didarko »

shykes wrote: post #91
shuzchen wrote: post #13

Can anybody in HN provide a quickpath into the beta? I signed up when it was first announced (seems to be over 30 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11352389 ) but haven't heard anything back yet.

If you're comfortable sharing your Docker ID, feel free to share it here and we'll fast-track you! Generally anyone who cares enough to ask directly, we'll automatically add to the top of the list. EDIT: or, feel free to contact us privately with a few details on your configuration and use case: feedback+hn@docker.com

I'd love to try it out. Docker ID: ddika

Re: Docker for Mac Beta Review

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Post by joeblau »

bobwaycott wrote: post #44
joeblau wrote: post #24

Whoa! When did OS X add the The Hypervisor Framework? This looks really promising; I need to check this out.

I believe OS X 10.10 is the earliest availability.

Ah okay. One of my co-workers who worked at Apple told me:

  > It was a prerequisite for any VM stuff being sold in the App Store
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