The Docker Ecosystem Needs Consolidation

René Peinl, Florian Holzschuher

2015

Abstract

Docker provides a good basis to run composite applications in the cloud, especially if those are not cloudaware, or cloud-native. However, Docker concentrates on managing containers on one host, but SaaS providers need a container management solution for multiple hosts. Therefore, a number of tools emerged that claim to solve the problem. This paper classifies the solutions, maps them to requirements from a case study and identifies gaps and integration requirements. We conclude that the Docker ecosystem could help moving from IaaS and PaaS solutions towards a runtime environment for SaaS applications, but needs consolidation.

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Peinl R. and Holzschuher F. (2015). The Docker Ecosystem Needs Consolidation . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-104-5, pages 535-542. DOI: 10.5220/0005476005350542


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@conference{closer15,
author={René Peinl and Florian Holzschuher},
title={The Docker Ecosystem Needs Consolidation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2015},
pages={535-542},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005476005350542},
isbn={978-989-758-104-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - The Docker Ecosystem Needs Consolidation
SN - 978-989-758-104-5
AU - Peinl R.
AU - Holzschuher F.
PY - 2015
SP - 535
EP - 542
DO - 10.5220/0005476005350542