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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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CI/CD / Containers / Development

How Glitch Removes the Stress of Accessing Full Stack Code

21 Apr 2020 9:31am, by Alex Williams and B. Cameron Gain

Containers / Kubernetes / Sponsored / Contributed

How to Manage the Hidden Complexities of Kubernetes

17 Apr 2020 9:54am, by David Cramer

Containers / Data / Kubernetes / Sponsored / Contributed

Kubernetes Is the New Control Plane for Infrastructure

16 Apr 2020 11:20am, by Murli Thirumale

Containers / DevOps / Monitoring / Sponsored / Contributed

How Container Lifespan Affects Observability

15 Apr 2020 1:42pm, by Minh Dao

Containers / Kubernetes

Trow, a Container Registry to Run Inside Your Kubernetes Cluster

14 Apr 2020 7:13am, by Joab Jackson

Containers / Kubernetes / Networking

Dragonfly Brings Peer-to-Peer Image Sharing to Kubernetes

9 Apr 2020 2:10pm, by Joab Jackson

Containers / Culture / Kubernetes

COVID-19: Kubernetes Helps Retail, Gaming Meet Sudden Scaling Demands

8 Apr 2020 10:15am, by Emily Omier

Containers / Storage

Tutorial: Create a Docker Swarm with Persistent Storage Using GlusterFS

2 Apr 2020 12:00pm, by Jack Wallen

Cloud Native / Containers / Kubernetes

With Spektra 2.4, Diamanti Improves Kubernetes Infrastructure Support

1 Apr 2020 2:56pm, by B. Cameron Gain

Cloud Services / Containers / Microservices

What COVID-19 Means for Microservices, Multicloud and Kubernetes

30 Mar 2020 4:01pm, by B. Cameron Gain and Alex Williams

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How a DevOps Workflow Reduces Efforts and Costs

26 Mar 2020 5:13pm, by Brein Matturro

Containers / Development / Tools

A Look at Lazydocker, a Cursor-Based Docker Management Tool

25 Mar 2020 9:48am, by Jack Wallen

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The Secret to Securing Kubernetes

18 Mar 2020 1:19pm, by John M. Walsh

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Why Well-Oiled DevOps Rides on Immutable Infrastructure

16 Mar 2020 3:00pm, by Alex Williams and B. Cameron Gain

Containers

Amazon Web Services Releases a Linux Distribution Built for Containers

11 Mar 2020 11:04am, by Joab Jackson

Containers

Docker Defines Roadmap with Developer-Focused API Integrations

10 Mar 2020 9:00am, by Mike Melanson

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Why SAP Wants to Back These Open Source Projects for Kubernetes 

3 Mar 2020 10:07am, by Myles Fenlon

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A Blueprint for Running Stateful Services on Kubernetes

27 Feb 2020 11:04am, by Ryan Staatz

Containers

How to Add Container Support to Red Hat Cockpit

19 Feb 2020 12:00pm, by Jack Wallen

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Insights from 68 People Who Care About AWS Container Security

11 Feb 2020 10:02am, by Lawrence E Hecht

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How Cloud Foundry Has Felt the Kubernetes Effect

10 Feb 2020 10:35am, by Chip Childers

Containers

How to Enable Docker Experimental Features and Encrypt Your Login Credentials

30 Jan 2020 11:04am, by Jack Wallen

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How to Improve Cloud Native API Management

29 Jan 2020 12:09pm, by Lakmal Warusawithana

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How to Improve Your Kubernetes CI/CD Pipelines with GitLab and Open Source

23 Jan 2020 9:50am, by Nico Meisenzahl

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How to Treat Servers and Software as Cattle, Not Pets

22 Jan 2020 9:41am, by John Porcaro

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Instana Monitoring Now Supports the CRI-O Kubernetes Runtime

20 Jan 2020 1:34pm, by Kayla Matthews

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