281 Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) Reviews
I was able to quickly grasp using Docker in a matter of minutes. There is so much documentation and it does exactly what we need it to do - single containers for every project we have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes it would be sooo slow! I was never sure if it was on my end or Docker's. I'd try to check on docker status but it wouldn't always be updated with server downtimes. Also, it was very difficult for me to get up and running on Windows. I was actually unable to, I could not find any good walk throughs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Being able to create a Virtual Machine that mimics and sets up an environment in 1 click is amazing. Need to destroy it? all one command super simple!
Mosts importantly, it takes out the super complex process required when setting up a new infrastructure. Once everything is ready, deploying everything towards production is vastly simple and streamlined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
When setting this up however, it is a challenge alongside large learning curve. Building your own configuration could take days but once the containers are all setup and running, the rewards are massive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Its quite simple to get started - in terms of setup & technical complexity.
Furthermore, the declarative way of defining Dockerfiles makes the process of using Docker deterministic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Running docker on Mac was a bit tedious ( virtual box + vagrant running a ubuntu img ). However, this is being addressed in the newer versions of Docker.
While Docker is an awesome tool for development, exploration and experimentation, I would be vary of using it for production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You can easily start up new services and create your own configuration which you can setup to be the same as the live environment.
It supports multiple containers at once and are easy to connect. I use it in different projects in combinations such as PHP, MySQL and Apache but also a combination of NGINX, Node, PHP and MySQL.
Since we have everything in a git repo the setup is the same for all of our developers including the front end developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
That sometimes it crashes and you have to delete the whole docker machine sometimes a couple of times a day.
This may occur because we write a lot of tests in node and the box got stressed out because of that but it should not really occur. Also Currently have no idea where this is coming from but does not happen often just sometimes and sometimes a couple of times a day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Everything? No really, Docker bring containers to the masses as a first class citizen of virtualization and assist in reducing time to deployment and configuration constraints by normalizing and baselining the install vector for applications. Sharing an app, part of an app, or developing for an app is made radically simply with the use of containers, and Docker acts as sugar applied to Linux containers. The available tools makes sharing containers, moving them around orchestrating deployments a breeze. Docker Swarm and Docker Compose are critical the success of leveraging Docker in a DevOps environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Documentation. A product of Docker's rapid growth is that the documentation is often sorely lacking or fragmented. It pays to be on the mailing list and to attend meet ups and watch all the docker videos possible because most of the helpful tidbits come from this. I'd like to see Docker improve in this area for 2017. It'll also make leveraging Docker in production more accessible to those who do not have the time to become SMEs on Docker and just need to leverage it as a tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
An easy tool to standardize the deployment across environments.and it is not dependent on Host OS. It almost take away the pain to setup the development environments Docker HUB has a very good containers available to meet your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is not good at scaling and you have to switch to cloud version for bigger implementations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The promise is amazing. Deploy anywhere and democratize application deployment. I run a semi-large app with a lot of smaller services, currently hosted on a VPS with bash and ansible for provisioning. Clicking in the VPS admin to create servers. Docker provides tools that would make all this go away, docker, but also docker-compose, docker-swarm and docker-machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You will run into a lot of bugs in this stage of the products life. Tried getting a very CPU and network intensive service up using docker-compose, docker-swarm and docker-machine. It worked for the first time, but I ran into a lot of issues and spent weeks on figuring out why. They are moving really fast, but for large production stuff I'd say wait a while and let them iron out all the kinks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Docker really takes the pain out of deploying complex infrastructure. It's more than just a virtualized OS, it's a whole way of thinking about how you deploy. Being able to run your code in any cloud public or private without any hiccups is amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Once you have all your images and containers ready to go you are faced with a the 800-lb gorilla in the room: How do I orchestrate these? Kubernetes seems like overkill, but Docker Compose doesn't see powerful enough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Docked strips away all the unnecessary parts of running an application on a full blown OS on a VM. It allows you to scale more efficiently and more effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Overall, the documentation is pretty good. I think that there needs to be improvements on how Docked containerizes databases and how other containers can use those databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Docker is a good solution that gets the job done. It allows me to be flexible in creating new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes the system is a little clunky and there seems to be a learning curve here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
