Container
Containers are a virtual environment, like running multiple virtual machines on a single physical host, or multiple containers on a single physical/virtual host. Example: Docker
Containers are managed through a container orchestrator, which can start, stop, and scale-out application instances as needed.
used to deploy and manage containers.
portability, performance, lightweight
Containers vs Virtual Machines
| Container | VM |
|---|---|
Isolation | Strong Isolation |
Portable | Portable |
Efficient | Resource Hungry |
Fast Start | OS Boot Times |
Disposable | Require Patching |
Minimal Attack Surface Area | OS needs Hardening |
What is a microservice?
Containers are often used to create solutions by using a microservice architecture. This architecture splits the solutions into smaller, independent pieces.
Microsoft Azure
Virtual Machines (IaaS)
Linux
Windows
Kubernetes
Azure Container Instances (ACI)
Serverless
Fast and easy
Per-second billing
Azure Web Apps for Containers
Great for webapps
custom domains
Auto-Scaling
Azure Service Fabric
Scalable orchestration platform
powers key azure services
multiple programming models
Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS)
Managed Kubernetes Cluster
specify nodes count
open source tooling
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