Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 11:49:36 -0800 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com>, Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> Cc: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The status of docker Message-ID: <11fa9f16-0745-c86e-4820-fd9349b4d1ef@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <83736f61-abe9-d85f-a782-1b684808678c@gjunka.com> References: <089e330d-2761-2440-3b7f-dd22e9088af5@gjunka.com> <929CF558-E8CC-4F7D-9C30-DDD63C17861D@lassitu.de> <a63ae2e5-28ba-5946-a8b6-28d29007ea7a@gjunka.com> <94964BDE-7B14-424B-88A5-4D8F4A9AAC56@exonetric.com> <83736f61-abe9-d85f-a782-1b684808678c@gjunka.com>
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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 -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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