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Docker and Kubernetes Native Integration: The End of Orchestration Wars
Analyzing Docker's announcement in late 2017 of native Kubernetes support, marking the end of container orchestration wars.
Docker Swarm ingress Routing: Orchestrating Cluster load balancers
A technical guide to Docker Swarm ingress routing mesh configurations in late 2016, detailing routing rules and load balancing.
Docker Swarm Mode: Orchestrating Cluster Tasks Natively inside the Docker Daemon
Analyzing the upcoming Docker 1.12 Swarm Mode features, detailing manager state synchronization and service mesh networks.
Kubernetes 1.0: Pods, Replication Controllers, and Cluster Services
Analyzing the historic release of Kubernetes 1.0 in July 2015. We detail pod network scheduling, cluster service registries, and replica limits.
Docker 1.6: Engine Labels, Registry API v2, and Container Security Policies
Analyzing the features in Docker 1.6. We detail how engine labels, registry v2, and security improvements prepare containers for production.
Kubernetes: Container Orchestration and Cluster Scheduling for Cloud Services
Analyzing the announcement of Kubernetes by Google in mid-2014, detailing Borg clustering mechanics and container scheduling.
Docker 1.0: Establishing the Standard Container Runtime for Enterprise Cloud
Analyzing the landmark release of Docker 1.0 in June 2014, detailing the transition to libcontainer and enterprise deployment pipelines.
LXC Containers and the Early Seeds of dotCloud's Docker Project
An exploration of Linux containers in early 2013. We study cgroups and namespaces, and analyze how dotCloud is standardizing application deployments.
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