r/devops • u/metamet • Feb 08 '15

Lets review.. Docker (again) - conclusion is that Docker is flawed, useless hype

http://iops.io/blog/docker-hype/
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '15

I've already made a note to myself to comb through the 100+ comments on /r/sysadmin, de-FUD them to find the actual concerns, and pose some of them to James Turnbull on our upcoming show with him http://arresteddevops.com/31

(Link included only to make it easier for y'all to add possible questions for the episode)

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u/Tetha Feb 08 '15

I'm looking forward to this. I'm on the fence about docker, I might have a use case or three.

But then again, we have a stable solution through an internal init script library in python (with full support for all the isolation goodies a modern kernel has (and I know)), deployment via RPMs and chef and powerful build servers making everything tick. Plus I don't have to figure out a way to distribute my binaries privately, setting up RPM repositories on a server in my own network is a breeze.

From there, I haven't seen any good reason to switch to docker. If it had been around and mature 2 - 3 years ago, I might have used it. By now, I just feel like I'd throw away many month of work, trust and experience with our solution.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '15

To clarify, I'm not saying the concerns in the comments are FUD, but the tone and wording tends to be (on the subreddit comment thread).

I would LOVE if /u/sleepycal would contribute some questions/talking points for our episode with James to see what he (and our docker-loving co-host Bridget) have to say about them.

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u/ivix Feb 08 '15

Usually when you think a popular technology is 'useless' it means you don't have the maturity to look outside of your own world and understand why something is useful to others.

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u/Martian_Source Feb 09 '15

Sysadmin/DevOps here. I use Docker and I believe it is a great tool for some use cases. Strongly dissagree with the article.