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> I understand that there currently isn't a target for Docker so that takes Google Cloud out of the equation. Google Compute Engine runs a lot more than just D
by jsolson 10y ago
> I understand that there currently isn't a target for Docker so that takes Google Cloud out of the equation.
Google Compute Engine runs a lot more than just Docker images. It allows you to run arbitrary x86 VMs, just like EC2. It is not based on Xen, however (it is a combination of KVM and a non-QEMU VMM about which I wish I could say a whole lot more, but I don't think we're prepared to do that just now).
- bogomipz 10y agoRight I believe that GCE is docker but it runs in a KVM container, I'm not sure why they do that however. Maybe someone else can explain? My guess would be that its a hedge on container security. However what they hand you is a docker container I believe so provided there's docker target for whatever rump kernel it should theoretically just work. No? It sounds like you work on GCE?
- jsolson 10y agoGCE is just plain old VMs, no Docker involved. There's also GKE which is managed Kubernetes complete with Docker containers. (And yes, I work on the virtual machine monitor backing GCE)