Since the announcement of Docker 1.12 Swarm mode at DockerCon 16, many people including me got the same questions: How large does the Swarm mode scale? Where is the Swarm limitation? To answer these questions, I wanted to form the largest possible Swarm c... (more…)

Building Docker images can be slow, and Docker’s build system is also missing some critical security features, in particular the ability to use build secrets without leaking them. So over the past few years the Docker developers have been working on a new... (more…)

Located in Arlington Virginia, Excella Consulting hires software developers, business analysts and consultants from all around the DC metro area. Their employees work directly with their clients to p... (more…)

I've been exposed to docker on and off and every time I see it, I seem to need a refresher. In this article we will go through everything you need to know about Docker in order to either jump into and existing project or get started with using it. (more…)

Given the ability to customise the runtime environment, responsibility for providing and maintaining a proper environment shifts from IT-Ops towards developers. Fortunate enough, we can apply well-known methods to make this effort less tedious: automated ... (more…)