Docker is spreading through the Linux world like an avalanche. Originally intended for large-scale
application deployment in DevOps, the tool has attracted plenty of attention, particularly because
it makes Linux container technologies readily accessible and easy to deploy.
However, a considerable amount of hype has grown around Docker, and there is a sizeable group
of people for whom containers and Docker mean the same thing.
At the Docker Meetup in Brno, I had a chance to explain to at least some people
what containers actually are, how they made it into the kernel and where
these technologies are heading in general.
It was my first talk in English, and I freely admit that, unlike at InstallFest and LinuxDays,
I did not rehearse it even once beforehand. But
by all accounts, the talk went well, and the audience learned quite a few things
they had not known before.
Unfortunately, the video recording is only available on a closed, nonstandard
platform requiring Flash. If that does not bother you, here is the recording of the talk.
You can also download the slides [PDF].
Brian (bex) Exelbierd wrote a nice blog post about the whole Docker Meetup #1 in Brno.
Three interesting talks by practitioners came before mine. I recommend
reading at least their summaries in that post.
As if that were not enough, a few days after the talk I received an email from the organizers
of the Docker Meetup in Prague. So I will be giving it again (on 2 June in Prague), adding
the latest developments and adjusting it to make some points that got a little
lost come across more clearly.