Docker Desktop 4.12 is now live! This release brings some key quality-of-life improvements to the Docker Dashboard. We’ve also made some changes to our container image management and added it as an experimental feature. Finally, we’ve made it easier to find useful...
containerd
Extending Docker’s Integration with containerd
Discover the containerd integration with Docker, what this means for current users, and future roadmap items to anticipate!
Welcome Tilt: Fixing the pains of microservice development for Kubernetes
Big news! The Tilt team is joining Docker. The Tilt project is joining too. We think this is a great fit and I will tell you why. The Problem Modern apps are made of so many services. They’re everywhere. Every team we talk to is trying to figure out how to set up...
What developers need to know about Docker, Docker Engine, and Kubernetes v1.20
The latest version of Kubernetes Kubernetes v1.20.0-rc.0 is now available. The Kubernetes project plans to deprecate Docker Engine support in the kubelet and support for dockershim will be removed in a future release, probably late next year. The net/net is support...
What is containerd ?
We have done a few talks in the past on different features of containerd, how it was designed, and some of the problems that we have fixed along the way. Containerd is used by Docker, Kubernetes CRI, and a few other projects but this is a post for people who may not...
Demystifying the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Specifications
The Open Container Initiative (OCI) announced the completion of the first versions of the container runtime and image specifications this week. The OCI is an effort under the auspices of the Linux Foundation to develop specifications and standards to support container...
Announcing LinuxKit: A Toolkit for building Secure, Lean and Portable Linux Subsystems
Last year, one of the most common requests we heard from our users was to bring a Docker-native experience to their platforms. These platforms were many and varied: from cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, to server platforms such as Windows Server,...
containerd – a core container runtime project for the industry
Today Docker is spinning out its core container runtime functionality into a standalone component, incorporating it into a separate project called containerd, and will be donating it to a neutral foundation early next year. This is the latest chapter in a multi-year...
Docker 1.11: The first runtime built on containerd and based on OCI technology
We are excited to introduce Docker Engine 1.11, our first release built on runC ™ and containerd ™. With this release, Docker is the first to ship a runtime based on OCI technology, demonstrating the progress the team...