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Containers

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Containers serve as the base common denominator for the cloud native computing. They offer a universal platform to package software programs so they can be easily moved around to different systems, even those with different architectures.

Like any modern technology, containers have actually been around for decades. FreeBSD offered “jails” in the early 2000s, and Solaris containers were a key part of offering secure, flexible platforms for applications running on Sun Micrososystems’ own Unix platform. In 2008, the idea of container became a core part of the Linux kernel with the introduction of LXC (LinuX Containers), implemented with cgroups and Linux namespaces.

While LxC was used by Google to manage its own infrastructure, it wasn’t until the advent of Docker, nuanced in 2013, did developers embrace the abstraction, because it gave them an easy way to move software from development to production without any manual restaging. Mass-use of containers spurned development of container orchestraters such as Kubernetes and Docker Swarm.

Although Docker open sourced its container technology, additional effort has gone on to move the technology to independent open source governance, by way of projects such as runC, Containerd and the Moby Project. Additionally, more work has been undertaken to build containers that are both more secure and performant, such as Kata Containers.


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Containers / Kubernetes

Heptio Releases Two New Tools to Make Kubernetes Easier to Manage

3 Aug 2017 6:00am, by Michelle Gienow

Containers / Security

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Adds OverlaySF to Boost Container Security

3 Aug 2017 2:00am, by Susan Hall

Cloud Services / Containers / Culture / Edge / IoT / Kubernetes / Serverless

Azure Container Instances: Proof Microsoft Is Innovating with Containers

1 Aug 2017 6:00am, by Janakiram MSV

Cloud Services / Containers / Kubernetes

Azure Container Instances Promises Cheaper, More Agile Container Tools

28 Jul 2017 2:00am, by Mary Branscombe

API Management / Cloud Native / Containers / Development / Kubernetes / Security

How ADP Adopted a Container Mindset

27 Jul 2017 1:00pm, by Alex Williams

Cloud Native / Cloud Services / Containers / DevOps / Kubernetes / Sponsored / Contributed

Containership.io: Why We Added Kubernetes Support

26 Jul 2017 12:48pm, by Phil Dougherty

Cloud Native / Containers / Kubernetes

New Microsoft Azure Service Eliminates the VM Overhead from Container Launches

26 Jul 2017 12:09pm, by Mary Branscombe

Containers / Development / Kubernetes / Contributed

Extend Kubernetes 1.7 with Custom Resources

26 Jul 2017 8:00am, by Yaron Haviv

CI/CD / Containers / Data / Development / Open Source / Security / Contributed

Manifesto: A New Open Source Container Metadata Tool from Aqua Security

26 Jul 2017 1:00am, by Liz Rice

Containers / Kubernetes

CoreOS’s Caleb Miles on Maintaining the Kubernetes Life Cycle

25 Jul 2017 2:00pm, by Scott M. Fulton III

Containers / DevOps / Kubernetes / Machine Learning / Microservices / Security

StackRox Offers a Fine-Grained View of Container Security

25 Jul 2017 6:00am, by Susan Hall

Containers / Microservices

Docker Basics, Part Zero: Why Should I Care about Containers (and Microservices) Anyway?

21 Jul 2017 6:00am, by Michelle Gienow

Containers / Data / Kubernetes / Open Source

How Microsoft Deployed Kubernetes to Speed Testing of SQL Server 2017 on Linux

20 Jul 2017 3:00am, by Mary Branscombe

Containers / Open Source

OCI’s Long-Awaited Container Runtime and Image Specifications Hit the Streets

19 Jul 2017 6:00am, by Alex Handy

API Management / Containers / Kubernetes

Google Container Engine Now Speaks Kubernetes 1.7

18 Jul 2017 9:00am, by Susan Hall

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Microsoft Prepares SQL Server 2017 for Linux and Containers

18 Jul 2017 2:00am, by Mary Branscombe

Cloud Services / Containers / Culture / Edge / IoT / Kubernetes

IBM’s Cloud CTO: We Needed a Developer-First Mindset

17 Jul 2017 3:00am, by Alex Handy

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Assessing the Current State of Serverless Security

13 Jul 2017 2:00pm, by Benjamin Ball

Cloud Services / Containers / Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift Online Now Offers Multitenancy

13 Jul 2017 1:46pm, by Susan Hall

CI/CD / Containers / Kubernetes

The Codefresh Build Platform Gets a Free Private Docker Registry

13 Jul 2017 5:00am, by Michelle Gienow

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Deploy OpenStack Cinder as a Stand-Alone Storage Service

11 Jul 2017 9:00am, by John Griffith

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After the Pipelines Run Dry: Thriving in a Post-Jenkins World

6 Jul 2017 7:00am, by Micha Hernandez van Leuffen

Cloud Services / Containers / Microservices

Oracle Releases an OCI-Based Container Runtime

5 Jul 2017 11:49am, by Alex Handy

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What Linux Distributions Can Teach about Rolling Releases

4 Jul 2017 2:00am, by Bruce Byfield

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Kubernetes 1.7 Brings Extensibility, Security Hardening and the Network Policy API

30 Jun 2017 11:21am, by Susan Hall

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CoreOS’ Brandon Philips on Open Source that Bridges Community and Commercial Interests

30 Jun 2017 9:00am, by Swapnil Bhartiya

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