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Why does the fig documentation emphasis development environments. Isn't fig a general orchestration tool for deploying containers on a single host?

by throwaway1979 12y ago

enos_feedler 12y ago
How many production environments deploy all containers on a single host?
- Zariel 12y ago
  If your not then your missing out on utilising your resources, check out Mesos or Kubernetes for instance.
  - ossreality 12y ago
    I don't know on what planet "Kubernetes" is an answer to "Who runs all containers on a single host". Because that's sure not what Kubernetes or Mesos do.
- skrebbel 12y ago
  A lot? I Guess? Why not? In fact, I'm amazed at the amount of businesses that don't. Half of what TechCrunch writes about is, in technical terms, Rails CRUD apps. Why would they need more than a single host in the first year?
  - Jare 12y ago
    Because hosts die.
- TheMakeA 12y ago
  There's fig2coreos[1] which will translate your fig.yml into systemd files. Then you could deploy across a CoreOS cluster[2]. Pretty interesting. [1] https://github.com/centurylinklabs/fig2coreos https://github.com/centurylinklabs/fig2coreos [2] http://www.centurylinklabs.com/building-complex-apps-for-docker-on-coreos-and-fig/ http://www.centurylinklabs.com/building-complex-apps-for-doc...
zenlikethat 12y ago
fig generally gets used for development environments since it's relatively easy to install docker, install fig, clone a repo and run `fig up` and get that application running correctly with all of its dependencies including database, background workers, etc. No more of the old "ok, install postgres, install the right gems, etc. just to make some small change in this project" song and dance! However, it's perfectly suited to run in production for small to medium sized applications. You can even see a sample "Deploy on git push using fig" that I put together here: https://github.com/nathanleclaire/laraveldocker https://github.com/nathanleclaire/laraveldocker It's fun!

Why does the fig documentation emphasis development environments. Isn't fig a general orchestration tool for deploying containers on a single host?

enos_feedler 12y ago

How many production environments deploy all containers on a single host?

Zariel 12y ago
If your not then your missing out on utilising your resources, check out Mesos or Kubernetes for instance.
- ossreality 12y ago
  I don't know on what planet "Kubernetes" is an answer to "Who runs all containers on a single host". Because that's sure not what Kubernetes or Mesos do.
skrebbel 12y ago
A lot? I Guess? Why not? In fact, I'm amazed at the amount of businesses that don't. Half of what TechCrunch writes about is, in technical terms, Rails CRUD apps. Why would they need more than a single host in the first year?
- Jare 12y ago
  Because hosts die.
TheMakeA 12y ago
There's fig2coreos[1] which will translate your fig.yml into systemd files. Then you could deploy across a CoreOS cluster[2]. Pretty interesting. [1] https://github.com/centurylinklabs/fig2coreos https://github.com/centurylinklabs/fig2coreos [2] http://www.centurylinklabs.com/building-complex-apps-for-docker-on-coreos-and-fig/ http://www.centurylinklabs.com/building-complex-apps-for-doc...

zenlikethat 12y ago

fig generally gets used for development environments since it's relatively easy to install docker, install fig, clone a repo and run `fig up` and get that application running correctly with all of its dependencies including database, background workers, etc. No more of the old "ok, install postgres, install the right gems, etc. just to make some small change in this project" song and dance! However, it's perfectly suited to run in production for small to medium sized applications. You can even see a sample "Deploy on git push using fig" that I put together here: https://github.com/nathanleclaire/laraveldocker https://github.com/nathanleclaire/laraveldocker It's fun!