Mike Coleman

Docker Compose and Kubernetes with Docker for Desktop

Mike Coleman
May 3 2018

With KubeCon EU happening in Copenhagen, we looked back at the most popular posts with our readers on Docker and Kubernetes. For those of you that have yet to try Docker EE 2.0, this blog highlights how in Docker for Desktops you can use Docker compose to directly...

Docker Compose and Kubernetes with Docker for Desktop

Mike Coleman
Feb 15 2018

If you’re running an edge version of Docker on your desktop (Docker for Mac or Docker for Windows Desktop), you can now stand up a single-node Kubernetes cluster with the click of a button. While I’m not a developer, I think this is great news for the millions of...

Role-based Access Control for Kubernetes with Docker EE

Mike Coleman
Jan 24 2018

Last week we released the latest beta for Docker Enterprise Edition. Without a doubt one of the most significant features in this release is providing a single management control plane for both Swarm and Kubernetes-based clusters - including clusters made up...

My Three Favorite New Features in Docker Enterprise Edition

Mike Coleman
Aug 21 2017

I’ve been at Docker for just over two years now, and I’ve worked with every version of Docker Enterprise Edition (née Docker Datacenter) since before there even was a Docker Enterprise Edition (EE). I’m more excited about this new release than any previous release....

Docker for the SysAdmin Webinar Q&A

Mike Coleman
Jul 10 2017

On June 27th I presented a webinar on “Docker for the SysAdmin”. The webinar was driven by a common scenario I’m seeing: A sysadmin is sitting at her desk minding her own business when a developer walks in and says “here’s the the new app, it’s in a Docker image....

So, when do you use a Container or VM?

Mike Coleman
May 13 2016

Recently I was giving a talk at a trade show on the basics of Docker, and how an application goes from an idea to being a production workload running on a Universal Control Plane managed Swarm cluster. As part of that talk, I spent a bit of time talking about how...

To Use Physical Or To Use Virtual: That is the container deployment question

Mike Coleman
Apr 29 2016

I have had a version of the following conversation more than a few times with community members trying to sort out where to run their containerized apps in production: User: So, where should I run my containers? Bare metal or VM’s Me: It’s not a question of “either /...

There’s Application Virtualization and There’s Docker

Mike Coleman
Apr 15 2016

In what appears to be a recurring theme (which I promise I’ll move off of soon), I’m going to spend some time talking about what Docker isn’t - Docker is not application virtualization. I spent a good amount of time at VMware where I worked on VMware View (which begat...

Containers and VMs Together

Mike Coleman
Apr 8 2016

A couple weeks back I talked about how Docker containers were not virtual machines (VMs). I received a lot of positive feedback on the article (thanks!), but I also heard a common question: Can VMs and Docker containers coexist? The answer is a resounding “yes.” At...