> I much prefer each service having an IP that is registered to DNS. This means that I can hit up service.datacenter.company.com and get a valid service. (using

> I much prefer each service having an IP that is registered to DNS. This means that I can hit up service.datacenter.company.com and get a valid service. (using well tested dns load balancing and health checks to remove or re-order individual nodes) There are docker-backed service management tools that will automatically this for you(assign public/private dns per service cluster inc load balancing), like Empire https://github.com/remind101/empire https://github.com/remind101/empire