The status of docker

[Pete Wright]

On 2/1/19 11:39 AM, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
> On 31/01/2019 07:50, Mark Blackman wrote:
>> What problem are you trying to solve with docker?
>
> There is a misunderstanding. I am not trying to solve any problem. The 
> team I am working with is using docker during development (by using a 
> preconfigured container they avoid having to setup a complex backend 
> system on development/CI machines). I was hoping to use FreeBSD during 
> the development but it proved difficult. I now have a choice of either 
> switching to Linux natively (as bhyve didn't help) or to use MacBook 
> Pro - both supporting docker out of the box.

might be worth taking a look at hashicorp Vagrant.  i've used it with 
success in developer workflows  in the past where most devs were on 
macOS and we were targeting FreeBSD.

https://www.vagrantup.com/intro/index.html
https://app.vagrantup.com/freebsd/


IMHO docker on macOS is kinda hacky since you end up running Linux 
inside virtualbox, then launch docker on those VM's (at least I believe 
that used to be the case if things have changed).  i also feel like 
docker is a double edged sword (aside from the fact that it locks you 
into linux) in that most people don't do a good job tracking 
dependencies or actually apply updates/patches to base docker images.

i feel like hashicorp did a pretty good in addressing the need to 
simplify developer workflows between their workstations and eventual 
target production environments, while also avoiding a lot of the issues 
that docker has managed to create.

-pete

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Pete Wright
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