Containers

CNCF sinks Dockershim with Kubernetes 1.24 launch

Docker container runtime will no longer ship by default with K8s

SaaS04 May 2022 |

Docker goes double unicorn with $105m Series C funding and $2.1b valuation

Troubled container company may escape confines of its doldrums

Devops31 Mar 2022 | 11

Containers may be more effective than VMs for hybrid apps – Gartner

Sure, licensing is a mess. Packaging, distribution in good shape, tho

Virtualization22 Mar 2022 | 7

Kubernetes container runtime CRI-O has make-me-root flaw

Cr8escape priv-escalation bug opens the door to cluster takeovers

Devops15 Mar 2022 | 1

VMware pulls physical to virtual conversion tool, adds VM to container conversion tool

Physical to virtual conversion tool will be back once modernised, but this is still quite a moment

Virtualization07 Feb 2022 | 33

New tools to simplify wrapping your head around Kubernetes

Where to begin when you're ready to get your K8s on

OSes28 Jan 2022 | 3

Red Hat 8.5 released with SQL Server and .NET 6 ... this is Linux, right?

Containerised Podman and OpenJDK 17 also highlights of minor release

OSes11 Nov 2021 | 19

VMware's K8s challenge advances with Tanzu Community Edition

VMworld Freebie can manage production container workloads in rival clouds

Devops05 Oct 2021 | 3

Docker’s cash conundrum is becoming a bet on a very different future

Opinion Tiers of a clown – or the early days of a better service model?

Devops06 Sep 2021 | 32

Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies: New 'Business' subscription is here

Search for sustainable business model continues, but most usage will still be free

Devops31 Aug 2021 | 34

Is this indeed the light-house top I see? Microsoft updates its container Linux, CBL-Mariner

Stripped-down OS prepares to unroll the birthday bunting

Devops18 Aug 2021 | 2

Will containers kill VMs? There are no winners in this debate

Register Debate Reg readers couldn’t split the argument – perhaps because we kept coming back to containers inside VMs being sensible

Virtualization25 Jun 2021 | 13

Docker introduces developer environments in containers

DockerCon But you can pull down your dev environment from Docker. Is it solving a problem that doesn't exist, though?

Software27 May 2021 | 9

Ship stranded in Suez Canal shifts, but not before spawning some choice tech memes

And not just the obvious ones about containers

Offbeat29 Mar 2021 | 71

VMware admits most vSphere users won't build a mini-cloud to run K8s, fixes it with new add-on

Update to vSphere 7 brings container fun without VSAN, NSX or vRealize, but still needs some SDN nous

SaaS15 Sep 2020 |

No, Kubernetes doesn’t make applications portable, say analysts. Good luck avoiding lock-in, too

K8s may even make it hard to use the cloud’s best bits

Software08 Sep 2020 | 16

AWS unleashes a new homegrown Linux that's good enough to bottle

Contain your enthusiasm, because ‘Bottlerocket’ is for containers and containers only

Devops01 Sep 2020 | 10

Docker blocker: Container crew takes on The 1%... of anonymous download whales

Outlines new way of counting pull requests to avoid being swamped

Software25 Aug 2020 | 3

Docker shocker: Cash-strapped container crew threatens to delete 4.5 petabytes of unloved images

If you haven’t touched yours for six-plus months, you have to cough up to prevent erasure come November

Devops14 Aug 2020 | 28

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

OpenShift and Tanzu get a familiar-looking competitor

Devops09 Jul 2020 | 2

Containers to capture 15% of all enterprise apps across 75% of business by 2024

But the real money is in services and IaaS, not software, says Gartner’s first lash at container futures

Devops25 Jun 2020 | 8

NHS contact-tracing app is best in the world, says VMware CEO... whose company helped build it

Virtzilla prepares to re-open some offices next week for staff who are willing to leave home

Software12 May 2020 | 74

The point of containers is they aren't VMs, yet Microsoft licenses SQL Server in containers as if they were VMs

And now to avoid container sprawl costing you plenty

Software08 May 2020 | 70

If you don't cover your Docker daemon API port you'll have a hell of a time... because cryptocreeps are hunting for it

Kinsing malware infections surge – so please check your configurations

Devops08 Apr 2020 | 8

Just Docker room talk: Container upstart's enterprise wing sold to Mirantis, CEO out, Swarm support faces ax

Plans to continue with $35m to back Hub and Desktop. Yes, Kubernetes has truly won

Devops13 Nov 2019 | 31

It's Orphan Data in Backup Hell: No, it's not a Netflix series about storage admins...

Interview ... it's a consequence of production use of containerised apps

Storage23 Oct 2019 | 3

The Hurt Docker: Mystery Hub repository, website outage leaves fuming devs unable to deploy containers

Work ongoing as site recovering from morning meltdown

Devops15 Oct 2019 | 5

If you're using Harbor as your container registry, bear in mind it can be hijacked with has_admin_role = True

Video Patch now before miscreants sail off with your apps, data

Security19 Sep 2019 | 2

IBM ships software portfolio into containers thanks to Red Hat providing the packaging

Spreads the Openshift love around for Cloud Paks

Software01 Aug 2019 | 7

Car crash: Ford writes down $181m in Pivotal stock as investors claim cloud biz still can't do Kubernetes properly

Automaker loses money as software-as-a-service slinger's woes mount

SaaS25 Jul 2019 | 7

AWS goes live with Windows containers... but contain yourselves: It's going to be niche

Too many caveats to make this a slick option in most cases

Devops06 Jun 2019 | 15

Nginx nJS will need patches, hotels exposed via security systems, Docker containers dinged, and more

Roundup Another week of security mishaps is in the books

OSes03 Jun 2019 | 5

Team OpenCensus or OpenTracing? It'll be neither and both now: Hello, OpenTelemetry

KubeCon Europe How do open-source projects play nicely? They get off Twitter

Software21 May 2019 | 3

Mind the crane: Windows Server containers loaded up on the Azure Kubernetes Service

Let's lift again, like we did last summer, let's shift again, like we did last year

OSes20 May 2019 | 4

Red Hat shoves OpenShift in VMware's software-defined data centre stack

New reference architecture rolls together containers and VMs

On-Prem09 May 2019 |

Zuul and Kata Containers: OpenStack tosses top-level protonpacks to OS new cats

Projects lose 'pilot' bit, bask in glow of top-level love

Software30 Apr 2019 | 1

Don't know how to do the Kubernetes? MapR says it'll hold your hand

Firm pushes its customers to containers, recoils from Hadoop

Devops02 Apr 2019 | 2

From on-prem to serverless, here’s how to transform your software ops

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Devops11 Mar 2019 |

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Events CLL 19 early bird tickets disappear in two weeks

Devops14 Feb 2019 |

Need continuous Kubernetes satisfaction? CloudBees has just the thing

DevOps outfit also unleashes commercial support for Jenkins X

Devops12 Dec 2018 | 2

Kubernetes, welcome to the coin mines. Crooks dig into open containers to craft crypto-cash

Lock down your installations and APIs, or prepare to be hijacked for funbux and giggles

Devops07 Dec 2018 | 2

40 reasons to save big with CD/CI, DevOps, and Containers

Events CLL19 Blind Bird offer expires soon

Devops22 Nov 2018 |

OpenStack: We've seen the future, and it's metal (and infrastructure, natch)

OpenStack Summit No need to learn Mandarin, we collaborate in English

Virtualization15 Nov 2018 |

Save £100s on DevOps, Containers, Agile and Continuous Delivery NOW

CLL19 blind bird ticket offer expires soon

Devops12 Nov 2018 |

HTBASE struts into diner, thumps Juke box: Eyyy, let's migrate some containerised apps

Play container records on any private or public cloud turntable

Devops06 Sep 2018 |

IBM attempts to graft virtual machine security onto container flexibility

Nabla Containers promises reduced attack surface through fewer system calls

Software17 Jul 2018 | 3

Azure Dev Spaces has hit public preview, so El Reg took it for a spin

Or, if you will, an arthritic stagger around the park

Software11 Jul 2018 | 24

We shall call him Mini-U – Ubuntu reveals tiny cloudy server

‘Minimal Ubuntu’ is optimised for KVM, containers, AWS’ new hypervisor and Google Cloud

SaaS11 Jul 2018 | 16

Container captain Kubernetes sails v1.11 to a shoreline near you

Networking, storage get some love in the latest drop of code

Devops28 Jun 2018 |

Microsoft releases new containerised cut of Windows Server

When Nano Server or Server Core are too small, 'windows' will be in the Goldilocks zone

Software28 Jun 2018 | 7

Misconfiguration of Java web server component Jolokia puts orgs at risk

You gotta shore it up before you put it to work, says researcher

Security25 Jun 2018 | 6

Hortonworks Data Platform update flicks on containerisation

Extends cloudy deals with IBM, Microsoft and Google

Devops18 Jun 2018 | 2

Contain yourselves: Kubernetes for Azure unleashed on world+dog

Microsoft: Plz park your containers in our cloud K thx

Devops14 Jun 2018 | 4

Docker seeks Golden State burnish for cloud container expansion

Plan for unification also includes making code easier to use

Devops13 Jun 2018 | 4

VM-container chimera Kata Containers emerges from lab

1.0 milestone signals readiness for something

Devops23 May 2018 | 3

Orchestral manoeuvres in the Docker: A noob's guide to microservices

Where to begin with born-to-be-scaled stuff

Devops14 May 2018 | 12