{"id":1763,"date":"2015-06-16T20:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2021-03-12T04:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T01:37:33","slug":"docker-containers-cloud-foundry-and-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/docker-containers-cloud-foundry-and-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Docker Containers, Cloud Foundry, and Diego\u2014Why Abstraction Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Table of Contents<\/p>\nToggle<\/span>

<\/span>It’s all about abstraction<\/span><\/h3>\n
This 30-minute talk from the East Bay Cloud Foundry and Docker meetup<\/a> busts some popular myths about containers and explains the difference between Docker, Diego, and the Cloud Foundry PaaS. Renat Khasanshyn<\/a>, CEO of Altoros, also speaks about likely scenarios of Docker evolution in clustered systems.<\/p>\n
While the purpose is clearly to draw the line between these three technologies, the main message is that \u201cabstraction is the key to what\u2019s happening all over the place.\u201d According to Renat Khasanshyn, everything is being abstracted away. In the future, things such as data services, middleware, OS, virtualization, etc. will be provided automatically. Ultimately, the only thing you will have to worry about will be the actual app.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n

<\/span>Containers vs. PaaS<\/span><\/h3>\n
The session starts with a brief introduction to levels of orchestration and the place of PaaS and containers in this hierarchy.<\/p>\n
$\"Containers$ <\/p>\n
It continues with some \u201csurprising\u201d facts about containers. For example, contrary to the common belief, containers are not new. \u201cDocker hasn\u2019t invented containers,\u201d<\/em> either. They have been around at least since the 90s and early 2000s. And they are actually widely used in production, mostly by web hosting companies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe multi-tenancy and isolation that containers offer was the key to early adoption…Years of hard labour and lobbying have been put into making containers something that is part of and is supported by the Linux Kernel.\u201d \u2014Renat Khasanshyn, Altoros<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As to the question of why containers suddenly became so hot, it is mostly thanks to Docker and LXC. LXC have been around for a while, but Docker finally made them \u201ceasy for app developers.\u201d \u201cEasy\u201d equals \u201cadoption.\u201d As a result, the number of individuals and organizations using Docker and other containerization tools has gone through the roof. Today it\u2019s not only web hosters who need containers, there are a lot of others who use them in production, e.g. Google.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see middleware being often replaced by container-based systems…Now teams are much smaller, much more contained, and they still produce valuable results.\u201d \u2014Renat Khasanshyn<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/span>Containers vs. Cloud Foundry and Diego<\/span><\/h3>\n
\u201cIf you noticed, the application, the developer, and the containers are coming together around Platform-as-a-Service,\u201d<\/em> according to Renat. A PaaS\u2014e.g., Cloud Foundry\u2014uses containers to isolate resources, but it also adds app management features, such as automatic health monitoring and recovery, a possibility to manage apps and services via an API, scheduling, etc. There are several projects in the Cloud Foundry community that feature Docker\u2014e.g., Decker, Cloud Rocker (Focker), and Docker Circus.<\/p>\n
Diego, the re-write of the Cloud Foundry runtime, which may in fact get its own release path in the future, takes Docker support even further. It actually provides native Docker integration, using the libcontainer<\/em> library.<\/p>\n
$\"Docker$ <\/p>\n
According to Renat Khasanshyn, the future of containers and PaaS looks very bright. Developers and managers alike want abstraction, which boosts productivity, helps to economize, and generally makes life easier. \u201cDocker, Diego, and PaaS are all about abstraction,\u201d<\/em> so we already see a rapid growth in the number of companies and individuals who use Cloud Foundry, Docker, and similar tech. And there are reasons to believe that these technologies may become mainstream in the coming years.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/span>Want details? Watch the video!<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
\n
\nTable of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n
Why containers are gaining popularity? (02’03”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
The difference between IaaS, PaaS, and containers (04’23”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
Why Docker? (08’18”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
Who is using containers in production? (09’43”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
Why containers have a low overhead (12’18”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
Why is Docker so hot? (13’29”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
What difference do containers make? (17’08”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
The future of containers (18’05”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
How do containers and Cloud Foundry come together? (22’43”<\/a>)<\/li>\n
How Diego works (24’00”<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n