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This is a very good tutorial! Love the end-to-end examples. Great teaching method as it gives an overview of what you want to achieve without looking at things
by WestCoastJustin 10y ago
This is a very good tutorial! Love the end-to-end examples. Great teaching method as it gives an overview of what you want to achieve without looking at things in isolation. Wanted to add one bit of info and give a heads up about the Docker for Mac & Windows beta at https://beta.docker.com/ https://beta.docker.com/.
> If you are on Mac or Windows, consider using a Virtual Machine. I use Parallels on Mac OS X to run an Ubuntu machine for most development activities. Being able to take snapshots, break things and then revert back is very handy when experimenting.
The beta will make is super easy to use Docker on Mac & Windows without running a heavy Virtual Machine. Here's a little video about it @ https://blog.docker.com/2016/03/docker-for-mac-windows-beta/ https://blog.docker.com/2016/03/docker-for-mac-windows-beta/. Basically, it feels like running Docker natively, has upgrade features build it, so you can choose to always be on the latest release (super nice). I've been using it for a few months and it is awesome to just type "docker run" on my macbook and have it work seamlessly (vs using third party virtual machine software and env bits). The idea is that you can develop on Mac & Windows using the same images you will eventually deploy. It just works (although I'm biased).
Disclaimer: Work for Docker.
- 0942v8653 10y agoWhen signing up for the beta, there is a required Company field; what do I put there if I am a student?
- WestCoastJustin 10y agoI'd just put "N/A" or "Student". I'll check about this internally too. Thanks for the heads up.
- GordonS 10y agoas long as you are Windows 10 :/ Are we going to see Windows 7 support?
- WestCoastJustin 10y agoSorry, I'm mostly up on the Mac beta (so I'm not a Windows expert), but did a little digging through the beta docs and forums and found a thread about it. > Unfortunately, Docker for Windows will only run on new versions of Windows 10. This is because Docker for Windows uses Windows Hyper-V and while older Windows versions have Hyper-V, their Hyper-V implementations lack features critical for Docker for Windows to work. [0] I know this isn't what you want to hear but that is the current status. [0] https://forums.docker.com/t/install-client-on-windows-7/13400 https://forums.docker.com/t/install-client-on-windows-7/1340...
- FlyingSnake 10y agoI'm trying to get on to the beta program, but it's almost 2 months and haven't received any invite. Do you have a spare invite that you could share with me?
- WestCoastJustin 10y agoI've sent you an email.
- troygoode 10y agoI could also use an invite to the Mac beta if you're still feeling generous, WestCoastJustin email: troygoode@gmail.com
- troygoode 10y agoThanks for the invite!