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Does Docker itself make defining service interfaces easier than configuration management? I'd imagine that, e.g. a well-written Ansible module for an applicatio

Does Docker itself make defining service interfaces easier than configuration management? I'd imagine that, e.g. a well-written Ansible module for an application could do all the things you mention.

lykr0n 8y ago
Docker allows you to say "Application X" talks to "Application Y" and it will do the rest with minimal configuration. The same could be accomplished with Consul or Salt/Ansible/Puppet that knows about the services.
- moosingin3space 8y ago
  Really? In my experience, that's been tooling on top of Docker that makes that sort of declarative networking easy.
  - lykr0n 8y ago
    Docker has evolved beyond just running docker containers. I don't have any experience with it, but: https://docs.docker.com/docker-cloud/apps/service-links/ https://docs.docker.com/docker-cloud/apps/service-links/
    - user5994461 8y ago
      That's the issue here, you don't have any experience with it. Like most features in Docker, this one doesn't work as advertised.