We gave this lightning talk about Docker and DevOps in Agder, Norway on May 12, 2015. Both the DevOps culture and the Docker technology are an essential part of our Layers Box approach.

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Learning Layers
Scaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME Clusters
Docker on the Shipyard
Automating the Software Delivery Process in Research Projects
István Koren and Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University
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Developers and Operations
- The Love Boat!?
• “Works for me!”
• Development infrastructures are different
from operations environments
 Docker provides a common ground
• Developers can be sure that their app is
behaving the same way everywhere
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Docker
• Virtualization based on Linux containers
• Baking applications and their dependencies
into containers
• Pre-packed container
images can be provided
centrally
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VM- vs. Container-based virtualization

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DevOps
• A culture of communication between
developers and operations
• Integration, automation and monitoring
• Rapidly producing software products
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Developers Operations
New features Stability
Specific tools Managing systems
Need to work fast Need to keep systems running

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Shipyard
• Managing Docker hosts from a Web UI
• Inspecting running containers and their
resource usage
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DevOpsUse Lifecycle