Docker adds orchestration and more at DockerCon 2016

Posted Jul 14, 2016 12:29 UTC (Thu) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989)
Parent article: Docker adds orchestration and more at DockerCon 2016

It had been my understanding that Docker leverages Linux kernel-specific features to achieve its goodness.

Did Redmond improve Windows to support Docker, or does "Docker for Azure" imply a public confession from Mr. Softy that its own dog food ain't packin' the gear?

Docker adds orchestration and more at DockerCon 2016

Posted Jul 14, 2016 17:28 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

Docker for Mac/Windows is still Linux inside a VM, but they've done a lot of work to improve integration.

Docker adds orchestration and more at DockerCon 2016

Posted Jul 15, 2016 23:06 UTC (Fri) by jberkus (guest, #55561) [Link]

Yes, that's why I put "native" in quotes. It's not really native; it's running on a very thin hypervisor. However, the change does "feel" a lot more like a native app than VirtualBox did; there's no worries about provisioning VMs and virtual disks and not being able to share files between the host and the guest.

Not that I'm giving up my Fedora desktop anytime soon. Native beats "native" any day.

Docker adds orchestration and more at DockerCon 2016

Posted Jul 15, 2016 8:48 UTC (Fri) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link] (1 responses)

I would guess it will eventually be based on this:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about

Docker adds orchestration and more at DockerCon 2016

Posted Jul 15, 2016 9:02 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Unlikely....

Docker really depends on a lot of very Linux-specific functionality like namespaces and cgroups. Replicating them in Windows (or Mac OS) is a losing proposition - they are in constant flux right now.