1. Introduction to
Steve Domin
Docker London Oct 2013

2. Quick Survey
• have heard of Docker ?
• have tried Docker ?
• are using Docker in a project ?
How many of you :

3. The challenge

4. Let’s make an analogy

5. The solution

6. What is Docker?
Docker is an engine that automates the
deployment of any application as a lightweight,
portable, self-sufficient container that will run
virtually anywhere.

7. Underlying technologies
• Linux Containers a.k.a LXC
• Control groups and namespaces
• AUFS, a copy-on-write filesystem

8. Containers vsVMs

9. Installing Docker
• What you need:
• Linux Kernel 3.8 or above
• AUFS
• LXC
• Vagrant, APT repo, binary download, from
source
• http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/installation/

10. Try Docker on DigitalOcean
Register here http://tinyurl.com/dockerLDN
with the promo code DockerInLondon
for a $10 credit bonus

11. Docker on OS X
• LaunchVagrant box with docker
• Build docker on OS X
• Alias docker to docker -H :4243

12. Demo

13. Use cases
• Build a PaaS
• Easy, automated application development
• Local dev environment
• Testing

14. Docker ecosystem
• PaaS: dokku, flynn.io, deis, tsuru
• Orchard
• StriderCD
• UI’s (shipyard, docker-ui, dockland)
• CoreOS

15. Cool projects
• http://memcachedasaservice.com
• http://tryrethink.info
• https://github.com/ptone/jiffylab

16. Who’s playing with it
• Cloudflare
• eBay
• mailgun
• (GoCardless)

17. Docker 1.0
• Designed to be pluggable
• LXC, Solaris Zones, BSD Jails, OpenVZ
• AUFS, BTRFS
• Read more about this: http://
blog.docker.io/2013/08/getting-to-
docker-1-0/

18. Useful links
• http://docker.io
• Docs: http://docs.docker.io/
• IRC: #docker on freenode
• Google group: docker-user
• Twitter: @docker
• G+: Docker+

19. Thanks!
@stevedomin
(I’ve a limited amount of Docker stickers to give away)