Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is set to arrive with comprehensive edge management and automatic container rollback capabilities, as well as enhancements for Microsoft SQL Server deployments and new security features. Announced May 10, RHEL 9 is due to ship in coming weeks as the first production release built from the CentOS Stream, a continuously […]
Understanding Flatcar Container Linux
Microsoft isn’t only a Windows company. It now shepherds several Linux distributions alongside its own operating systems. It’s important to remember that these aren’t general-purpose Linuxes like Ubuntu or Red Hat. Instead, they’re targeted at specific use cases: SoNIC for cloud-scale network hardware, SphereOS for secured industrial Internet of Things hardware, and CBL-Mariner as a […]
Docker Desktop comes to Linux, adds extensions SDK
Docker is extending its popular Docker Desktop application to integrate with a wider range of developer tools, as well as providing native support for developers working on Linux workstations. Announced today during DockerCon, Docker Extensions is launching with 14 partner integrations: Ambassador, Anchore, AquaSec, EverX, JFrog, Layer5.io, Okteto, Portainer, Red Hat, Snyk, SUSE/Rancher, Tailscale, Uffizzi, […]
How the UK Department for Work and Pensions cut deployment times to 15 minutes
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions says it has been able to reduce the deployment times for its cloud-native services from hours down to 15 minutes, by automating key deployment steps and running on a common container orchestration platform. Formed in 2001, the DWP is responsible for a variety of public services in the […]
Will JavaScript containers overtake Linux containers?
Developers of the Deno JavaScript and TypeScript runtime are exploring the possibility of JavaScript containers—and the JavaScript sandbox itself—as a higher-level alternative to Linux containers. In a blog post this week, Ryan Dahl, who spearheaded development of both the Deno and Node.js JavaScript runtimes, cited JavaScript as the “universal scripting language.” To read this article […]
Kubernetes support for dockershim to end on May 3
The upcoming version 1.24 of Kubernetes, which is set for a delayed release on May 3, marks a significant departure for the popular open source container orchestration system, as built-in support for dockershim will be removed once and for all. Docker was the first container runtime used by Kubernetes. But as the Kubernetes project transitioned […]
What is CI/CD? Continuous integration and continuous delivery explained
Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD), also known as CI/CD, embodies a culture, operating principles, and a set of practices that application development teams use to deliver code changes more frequently and reliably. CI/CD is a best practice for devops teams. It is also a best practice in agile methodology. By automating integration and delivery, CI/CD […]
Docker raises $105M funding round to fuel its focus on developers
Docker has raised a fresh round of $105 million in funding, as it continues to focus on serving developers following the sale of its enterprise business to Mirantis in 2019. The $105 million Series C funding round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and joined by Atlassian Ventures, Citi Ventures, Vertex Ventures, and Four Rivers […]
13 tools that make Kubernetes better
Few computing platforms—even those of great power and scale—satisfy every need out of the box. While Kubernetes is useful out of the box, it’s far from complete. You can always find a use case or a need where the default Kubernetes feature set falls short, such as database support, or simply ignores, such as continuous […]
VMware adds container runtime protection to Carbon Black security portfolio
VMware is entering the race to secure modern, cloud-native environments by adding container runtime protection to its Carbon Black Container security product, which it launched in April 2021. Defending cloud-native environments at runtime is presenting developers and security professionals with a whole new set of security considerations, leading them beyond just hardening a Kubernetes cluster […]
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