• Home

  • Custom Ecommerce
  • Application Development
  • Database Consulting
  • Cloud Hosting
  • Systems Integration
  • Legacy Business Systems
  • Security & Compliance
  • GIS

  • Expertise

  • About Us
  • Our Team
  • Clients
  • Blog
  • Careers

  • VisionPort

  • Contact
  • Expertise

    We have the experience and knowledge to choose the right tools.

    ‹ Return to Expertise Index

    Containers & Virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes, Vagrant, VMware, Hyper-V)

    Expertise docker.webp
    Expertise vagrant.webp

    Contained Software: a Streamlined Solution

    A container is much like a virtual machine, except instead of using bulky and expensive hardware emulation, the host operating system runs contained software in an isolated environment. The important isolation benefits of running software in a virtual machine are retained without the bootup delay or overhead of running a nested operating system.

    Docker’s Advantage

    The real advantage of Docker is that it is now practical to run the entire cycle of development, testing, and production tasks in containers based on the same system image. The description of a system image can be bundled with the application code and runs the same everywhere, from laptops and desktops to rack servers and cloud instances. Even hardware-accelerated desktop applications like Google Earth and Chrome can be run in containers with no perceived overhead.

    Vagrant

    Vagrant is a tool that eases the creation and management of virtual machines for local development environments. It can be easily installed on macOS, Windows, and Linux, so your entire team can experience Vagrant’s benefits.

    For example, you might run a virtualized copy of your web application stack which is powered by Ubuntu Linux on a Mac or Windows desktop, complete with all libraries and special configuration necessary. Installing all of this from scratch without the assistance of a tool such as Vagrant can be extraordinarily time-consuming and frustrating.

    Kubernetes

    Kubernetes abstracts out the concept of containers even further, to allow declarative specification of related systems, as well as the ability to scale up or down system needs depending on required resources. This makes it possible to write applications that are scalable while at the same time allowing developers to work in their own local environments using identical configuration. Applications written with Kubernetes in mind can benefit from these additional levels of abstraction and let Kubernetes manage the deployments and coordination between different nodes and services. Kubernetes can work in a local instance or utilize native cloud-based resources without needing to change how the app works at the core.

    Hyper-V

    Working on the Windows side of the world and looking for a fast way to create virtual machines and easy networking? Talk to our experts today about using Hyper-V.

    Send us a message!

    Related blog posts

    Developing Rails Apps in a Dev Container with VS Code

    Kevin Campusano · January 13, 2023

    Kubernetes environment variables, ConfigMaps and Secrets

    Jeffry Johar · January 10, 2023

    Knocking on Kubernetes’s Door (Ingress)

    Jeffry Johar · October 20, 2022

    Kubernetes From The Ground Up With AWS EC2

    Jeffry Johar · October 6, 2022

    Running PostgreSQL on Docker

    Jeffry Johar · July 27, 2022

    How to deploy a Django App with Aurora Serverless and AWS Copilot

    Jeffry Johar · June 26, 2022

    Docker
    Vagrant