Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) Pros and Cons

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker is opensource you don't have to pay a penny to get it. It runs on most famous Linux platforms smoothly (Ubuntu, centos, fedora, Opensuse ...). Docker installation is extremely easy with a simple apt or yum command you ill get it up and running. The concept of docker is also quite interesting where the virtuaöization is done on the OS level which means multiple containers (the software unit that docker uses) can run in an isolated way and share same resources (the Linux kernel). Also, docker makes it easy to create a container through a "Dockerfile" where you need only to specify how your docker image should contain and these files are simple and easy to write, understand and to maintain.

Docker containers solve the problem of dependencies. In fact, developers should not worry anymore about their application's dependencies and how the application will behave in production in another server or on another OS. Indeed, the docker image contains all the dependencies and configuration the application needs to run smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

The learning curve is quite significant. In fact, a good Linux understanding is required and Ip networking basic understanding is also required to understand different types of networks. The CLI provided by docker is not that easy and needs some time to master it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

It helps save a lot of time and it allows to use a lot of cool fancy technology with such an ease. It adds a lot of speed to the work i do and saves the frustration of setting up tools manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

The OS level dependencies is something that can be worked upon , a lot of complex things are required to be set at the kernel level in order for docker to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

The amount of official images is huge. Besides that, there is an enormous number of great custom images to use. It makes it very easy to setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

It can be tedious to completely minimise your image and shave off the last mb's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

It's an essential tool for web and full stack developers. Great integration with web technologies, used it with node JS, Postgres, and front end JS. You can think of containers as VM and you have full(somehow) control on the automation of tests and configuration with yaml files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

When I first started, I have to read a lot to connect the configurations, like how the docker-compose works. There are lot's of materials online but it's kind of hard if you don't exactly know what you are looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker Platform has been a real innovation in the field of software development, maintenance, control, and distribution. With Docker Platform, it is possible to virtualize operating system images directly on the hardware of the server hosting the Docker Platform server. In this way, Docker images cannot be very lightweight and performant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker Platform is primarily a technology for Unix systems, it is opening up to the Microsoft world but does not yet have full support in this regard, in fact Docker Platform cannot be started on Windows servers prior to version 2016. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

The ease at which you can package your software along with dependencies into a Docker image, share it with anyone and run it anywhere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Mounting of volumes and the current working directory is still a pain and not an easy concept to teach others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker has made virtualization easy. It was so revolutionary that it made Linux distributions even more powerful.

Docker has the ability to make containers (VM) at ease. You can pull images and run them as a container and you can limit the containers by giving them parameters and setting their boundaries. You can limit their RAM and CPU usage and give them idle time etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

There are little to none disadvantages about using docker. Most of the disadvantages people experience aren't docker related but more related to the virtualization. Example given, changing parameters in the VM won't have an influence once the machine reboots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker allows me to build an application and its configuration and not have to worry about deployment. By decoupling deployment and infrastructure concerns from software development, I am free to focus on solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker by itself is incomplete without a container orchestration platform. However, it is perfectly positioned so solve the problem it is solving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

I like the way in which docker containers can be launched. With simple api, they can be set up and run without any difficult configuration. Docker standardise the way to deploy components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

I do not like the management of networks, often difficult and error prone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker is a leading container platfform applicable for any type of IT task. If you are developer you can easily run your software inside dedicated container without worrying about tipical syslop tasks and configuration. If you'r responsible for large microservice system deployment you can run it with docker and some additional orchestration solution like DC/OS, AWS ECS or Docker Cloud. Docker guarantee scalable, reliable and secure runtime environment for your daily workflows. Thanks to Docker Hub and literally thousand of pre-burn images you can run almost any software in the manner of minutes or even seconds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

It's actually nothing to love about docker. Only problem that i encounter so far was with vulnerability scanning inside docker containers but right now it's solved by Docker Securiity Scanning available in docker cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.