Interesting Docker Use Cases

Best of 2018: 5 Interesting Docker Use Cases

As we close out 2018, we at Container Journal wanted to highlight the five most popular articles of the year. Following is the second in our weeklong series of the Best of ...
FreeBSD OpenBSD Docker Containers

Best of 2018: Do FreeBSD and OpenBSD Need Docker Containers?

As we close out 2018, we at Container Journal wanted to highlight the five most popular articles of the year. Following is the first in our weeklong series of the Best of ...
| | BSD, docker
NGINX Workloads to Containerize

Deciding Which – and How Many – Workloads to Containerize

No matter how popular containers become, the reality is that they are going to coexist with virtual machines and bare-metal servers at most organizations. They won’t totally replace older forms of infrastructure ...
Container Security Advantages Challenges

3 Container Security Advantages and 3 Security Challenges

Do containers make software security easier or more difficult to achieve? That depends on your perspective. In some respects, container security is inherently more difficult than virtual machines, and in others it ...
| | containers, security
Kubernetes step 3 Big Steps in Container Adoption

Diamanti CEO Discusses the 3 Big Steps in Container Adoption

Admins cite “infrastructure” as the greatest challenge to container adoption, according to a recent Diamanti survey. What does that mean, exactly, and how do organizations overcome this challenge? We recently spoke with ...
Docker Glossary Terms

Docker Glossary: Terms Every Docker Admin Should Know

Here’s a short list of Docker glossary terms worth knowing. As Docker containers have became widespread, so has a unique set of terms related to creating, deploying and administering containers. If you ...
Docker Containers Worth the Risk

Are Docker Containers Worth the Risk? Here’s How to Decide

Docker containers reduce some of the risks of application deployment. But they also add new ones. Assessing the extent to which Docker can reduce your application’s net risk is a key step ...
When Not to Use a Container Orchestrator

When Not to Use a Container Orchestrator

Everyone likes to talk about Kubernetes, the container orchestrator. We spend less time, however, discussing whether there is a reason to use Kubernetes or another orchestrator in the first place for a ...
CloudBees Appgate AWS Fargate

AWS Fargate: What It Is, and Why It Matters

Late last year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) quietly launched Fargate, a new cloud-based container service. What does Fargate do, and is it right for your containers? Let’s take a look. To date, ...
Companies Driving Innovation

5 Companies Driving Innovation in the Containers Market

Which companies are shaping the future of containers? Some names are obvious, and some less so. Here’s a short list of companies that are currently most influential in the container market. As ...