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Developers' guide to deploying microservices and containers
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How to simplify portable apps with Docker and microservices
As the industry moves away from traditional SOA, organizations are instead choosing to create portable applications with SOA and microservices. Read Now
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What to expect from microservices and containers in 2017
While 2016 proved that microservices are a great fit for cloud, the deployment part is tricky. Here's how combining microservices and containers will help DevOps teams in 2017. Read Now
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Avoid issues when containerizing microservices
How can you simplify the process of containerizing microservices and moving to the cloud? Testing and validation is the key. Watch Now
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Why Java microservices works with DevOps and Docker
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Editor's note
Microservices and containers work with one another and ease each other's missteps to improve cloud, development and operations. Microservices utilize the scalability, reusability and resiliency, and containers help with resource productivity.
The first section of this guide covers how microservices and containers work together, what to expect in the coming year and how best to avoid problems.
The next section takes a direct look into Docker. Why is Docker considered the most mainstream container option? How can Docker benefit microservices? Should you look outside of Docker? Find out these answers and more.
If you're pretty confident in your microservices and containers knowledge, test yourself in the quiz section. If you're not ready for testing just yet, refresh yourself with some software technology definitions.
1Getting to know Docker containerization
Where does Docker fit in? This section covers Docker containerization with microservices, including the benefits and the fear of adoption. Learn why the need for simplifying development processes is driving the industry toward Docker.
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Using Docker for container development
Development with Docker instances is popular among software development teams because it simplifies the process of building and shipping apps. Read Now
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Docker instances become mainstream
Many organizations use Docker instances for many reasons, although security, data storage and monolithic fears remain barriers to Docker adoption. Read Now
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Fearing Docker? Don't let it stop your container adoption
Container technology is changing the enterprise software landscape, but many unfounded fears are delaying Docker adoption. Read Now
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Simplifying DevOps with Docker Engine
While virtualization is nothing new, the way the Docker Engine creates portable apps that can be replicated from development to deployment is helping simplify all aspects of ALM. Read Now
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Docker and Kubernetes will simplify Java EE development
From simplified deployment to rapid development, Java Champion Adam Bien explains how Docker and Kubernetes are changing Java EE development. Watch Now
2Assess your microservices and container wisdom
Think you know everything there is to know about microservices and containers? Test yourself by taking this quiz.
3Microservices and containers database
Need a refresher on microservices and container terminology? This glossary section can give a better understanding of the software development evolution.
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Containerization
Containers are packages that rely on virtual isolation to deploy and run applications that access a shared operating system (OS) kernel without the need for virtual machines (VMs). Read Now
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Container management software
Container management software is programming that automates the creation, destruction, deployment and scaling of software containers. Containerization is an approach to software development which isolates processes that share an operating system (OS) and binds application or microservices libraries and dependencies into one deployable unit. Read Now
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Containers as a service (CaaS)
Containers as a service (CaaS) is a cloud service that allows software developers to upload, organize, run, scale, manage and stop containers by using a provider's API calls or a web portal interface. Read Now
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Docker
Docker is an open source software platform to create, deploy and manage virtualized application containers on a common operating system (OS), with an ecosystem of allied tools. Read Now
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Linux
Linux is a Unix-like, open source and community-developed operating system for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices and embedded devices. Read Now
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Microservices
Microservices, or microservice architecture, is an approach to application development in which a large application is built as a suite of modular components or services. Read Now
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Monolithic
Monolithic, in information technology, means either very large or composed all in one piece, depending on the particular context. The term is used in different ways to describe integrated circuits, organizations, applications and storage systems, among other things. Read Now
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Open Container Initiative
The Open Container Initiative, formerly known as the Open Container Project, is a Linux Foundation project designed to establish common open standards for container platforms. Read Now
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Open source
In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. Read Now
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Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a software development model for distributed application components that incorporates discovery, access control, data mapping and security features. Read Now