Docker: Up & Running

lightningtalkatthePythonDevelopersConferenceinSantaClara,CaliforniaonMarch15,

2013.Atthetimeofthisannouncement,onlyabout40peopleoutsideofdotCloudhadbeen

giventheopportunitytoplaywithDocker.

Withinafewweeksofthisannouncement,therewasasurprisingamountofpress.Theproject

wasquicklyopensourcedandmadepubliclyavailableonGitHub,whereanyonecould

downloadandcontributetotheproject.Overthenextfewmonths,moreandmorepeopleinthe

workflowandresponsivenessofagilesoftwareorganizations.

WhileostensiblyviewedasavirtualizationplatformbypeoplewhoareunfamiliarwithDocker,

itisfarmorethanthat.Docker’scoredomainspansafewcrowdedsegmentsoftheindustrythat

includetechnologieslikeKVM,Xen,OpenStack,Mesos,Capistrano,Fabric,Ansible,Chef,

Puppet,SaltStack,andsoon.Thereissomethingverytellingaboutthelistofproductsthat

Dockercompeteswith,andmaybeyou’vespotteditalready.Mostengineerswouldnotsaythat

virtualizationproductscompetewithconfigurationmanagementtools,yetbothtechnologiesare

beingdisruptedbyDocker.ThisislargelybecauseDockersignificantlyalterstheplayingfield,

andthishasaverydirectimpactoneachofthesetraditionallyisolatedsegmentsinsidethe