Agile, AWS

CloudFoundry PaaS – Introduction

Cloudfoundry: Open Source Platform as a Service A platform used for running applications and services. The purpose of cloudfoundry is to change the way apps and services are deployed and run by reducing the cycle time of development to deployment. Cloud Foundry directly takes benefits of cloud-based resources such that apps running...

by Deepak Bansal
Tag: docker
27-Jul-2016

AWS, Technology

Platform as a Service (PaaS) – Introduction

Platform as a service (PaaS) :  a cloud computing model which allows user to deliver applications over the Internet. In a this model, a cloud provider provides hardware ( like IaaS ) as well as software tools which  are usually needed for development of required Application to its users. The hardware and software tools are provided as a...

by Deepak Bansal
Tag: docker
25-Jul-2016

DevOps, Technology

Running Curator in Docker container to remove old Elasticsearch indexes

We have been using ELK as a centralized logs management system. ELK stands for Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Each of the three services is running inside its own docker container in one docker-network (say elk-net) on a single server. A separate block storage device is mapped from the host into Elasticsearch container (named es)...

by Navjot Singh
Tag: docker
30-May-2016

AWS

Docker Version 1.10 – The Big Change

Docker just released the new Docker version 1.10. Docker has tried push in a lot of big changes in order make it even simpler for its users. Even the last version that was pushed (Docker 1.9) brought about a lot of changes, especially in networking. Let's see in brief, what these changes are and how they will help you to use Docker...

by Ranvijay Jamwal
Tag: docker
07-Feb-2016

Grails, Technology

GR8ConfIN 2016 – For the GR8 developers in town RECAP

It was indeed an amazing GR8Conf IN 2016 with more than 200 participants, marvelous line-up of speakers and fully packed parallel sessions at The Lalit, New Delhi. This year the conference was sponsored by OCI, which is the new home for Grails. The entire conference was also live streamed by #fame with more than 4000 viewers across the...

by Mansi Arora
Tag: docker
17-Jan-2016

AWS, Technology

Docker Monitoring Using New Relic

In my last couple of blogs, I talked about Docker monitoring, why I would need Docker monitoring and how I can monitor Docker containers using AWS, Ruxit and Sysdig. Today, we are going to talk about another such tool which most of us already know about which also provides Docker monitoring. The tool is New Relic.   How to...

by Ranvijay Jamwal
Tag: docker
30-Dec-2015

AWS, DevOps

Set up Docker Registry Proxy Cache Server

With the large scale adoption of the Docker by the developers, it becomes necessary to provide a proxy cache server for Docker registry where Docker image once downloaded from Docker Hub can be retrieved again from the local proxy server. This saves us a lot of time from downloading the image again and again from Docker Hub.Scenario:Set...

by Navjot Singh
Tag: docker
17-Dec-2015

DevOps

MongoDB Replica set using Docker Networking and Docker Compose

Recently, I got a chance to dockerize a traditional MongoDB replica set. Currently, I am doing it for QA and UAT environment where MongoDB replica set is setup on a single host. So, in this blog, we will do it on a single host using Docker Networking and Docker Compose. Scenario: Set up a MongoDB replica using version 3.0.5 set...

by Navjot Singh
Tag: docker
16-Dec-2015

AWS, DevOps

Docker monitoring using Sysdig Cloud

Sysdig has been one of the most advanced cloud-based tools for monitoring your infrastructure. So, talking about Docker monitoring, Sysdig gives us a lot of insights about our containers, few of which we will be talking about in this blog. Docker is the most widely used and trending tool when it comes to DevOps. USE-CASE In this...

by Ranvijay Jamwal
Tag: docker
19-Nov-2015

AWS, DevOps

Inter-container communication in Docker without links

As we know that Docker has released a newer version of their Docker Engine i.e. version 1.9. One major change is in the way we handle Docker networking and that is what we will be talking about in this blog. You can install the latest version of Docker from this link. It is supported in the newer version of Linux, for Ubuntu, Docker 1.9...

by Ranvijay Jamwal
Tag: docker
17-Nov-2015

AWS, Technology

Docker User Interface using Simple Docker UI App

I have always loved using Docker the traditional way. Running commands like docker run etc. has been the way we use Docker. While surfing the internet, I found this chrome app which can be downloaded and installed via google chrome and easily be used for getting a user-interface for your Docker Engine. It simplifies the way we use Docker....

by Ranvijay Jamwal
Tag: docker
09-Nov-2015

AWS, Technology

Docker Swarm on AWS

This blog post refers to a newly established concept in Docker Technology i.e. Docker Swarm. The Swarm can be used for clustering of more than one Docker engines. Using Swarm, Docker containers can be launched to any node in the cluster. It comprises of 2 logics based on which containers can be launched and managed on the cluster nodes: ...

by Sharad Aggarwal
Tag: docker
25-Oct-2015