Docker on Google Compute Engine Using Docker Machine
Next up in Using Docker Machine across private and public clouds, is Google Compute Engine (GCE). As with the other posts, a diagram of how I view the importance of a Docker Machine abstraction. First, if you don’t already have an account you can get $300 credit expiring after 60-days towards Google GCE that we will use as Docker hosts …
Building Network Tools using Docker
I am going to start pushing out an app every month that fixes some problem in networking. In this case I hacked it up over the past couple of weekends, but other times it will just be me using someones open source awesomeness and demoing it. First some thoughts on where we are in the wild world of networking to …
Running Docker Machine on Digital Ocean
Continuing the series on cloud provider examples using Docker machine, up next is Digital Ocean. As with the other posts here is a diagram of how I view Docker Machine usage. For those who don’t have an account already, you can sign get $10 credit with the following link. When you sign up it requires a credit card that won’t …
10 Examples of how to get Docker Container IP Address
One thing that is so much fun about the need virtualization paradigm we are heading towards is that in the age of “software defined”, the flexibility of how to do things with infra are much more like programming then working with highly opinionated traditional infrastructure. Along that thread, here are 10 different ways to get a container or docker-machine address …
Running Docker Machine on Rackspace Public Cloud
Next up I am giving Docker Machine on Rackspace public cloud a whirl. If you don’t have an account and want to check it out take a look at their developer+ credit. Here is a gif diagram (I’m addicted to making gifs atm, sometimes not even cats doing cute fluffy cat stuff like here) overviewing Docker Machine. To get installed …
Docker Machine Provisioning on AWS
Next up in the docker machine series of integration posts is spinning up some cloud resources on Amazon EC2. The model is the same as previous docker machine posts, boot a VM running as a Docker host, add your cloud credentials for the provider and use your regular docker client commands on the remote Docker host in Amazon. The docker …
Normalizing the Cloud with Docker Machine
Docker machine creates a virtual machine running Docker located in an array of locations that I can then create containers and ship workloads to. The locations and types you can provision to range from the who is who of cloud computing, workstation resources and traditional on prem local resources sitting in the average enterprise DC. What I get from using …
Using Docker Machine to Provision on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has done a pretty amazing job with Azure over the years. It has been really cool seeing Microsoft embrace Docker and open source in general like they recently have. This post is a continuation of the series on docker machine provisioning to dev hypervisors, DC infra and cloud providers. If you are new to Azure or don’t have an …
