The status of docker

[Grzegorz Junka]

On 24/01/2019 13:41, Kamil Kieliszczyk wrote:
> My 2c on running Docker on FreeBSD:
>
> 1) I’m using Docker and Kubernetes quite extensively during my work 
> days so I tried to run Docker on FreeBSD in my free time because.. why 
> not?
> First I tried to run boot2docker project in VirtualBox as I remember 
> that it was the way to run Docker on OSX a long time ago. 
> Unfortunately, I had too much problems with it so I switched to 
> running boot2docker inside bhyve. It was running alright, no major 
> issues, no crashes so I went down that path. I improved a little bit 
> my setup and wrote down a small tutorial for myself. You can find it 
> here:
> https://github.com/kiela/kiela.github.io/blob/master/Docker%20on%20FreeBSD%20-%20%5Bpart%204%5D%20Using%20vm-bhyve.md
> I’ve been using this as a Docker Swarm cluster running Nextcloud, 
> PostgreSQL and a bunch of other containers inside it. Upgrading 
> FreeBSD (host) or boot2docker (guest) or containers worked like a 
> charm. And I’ve been using this for last 6+ months. Maybe this will 
> help someone to start playing with Docker on FreeBSD and save some 
> time figuring out how to do it.
>
> 2) Docker is not just running single image, managing volumes and 
> networks - it’s much more. For example Docker Swarm which allows 
> clustering and running whole application stack (multiple apps, DB, 
> cache, logs etc) in a cluster which hosts are running on FreeBSD. I’m 
> not trying to discourage anyone from porting Docker to FreeBSD. I 
> would love to have Docker natively supported in FreeBSD. I just think 
> that if one wants to just get up and running Docker on FreeBSD for 
> development/tests/personal use, boot2docker+bhyve should be enough. 
> Maybe wrapping it in a nice tool like vm-bhyve did with bhyve. If one 
> wants to use Docker in production, one should strongly consider 
> running Kubernetes cluster and use Docker images there.
>

Thanks for sharing Kamil. I tried to run docker inside Manjaro running 
inside bhyve. It mostly worked but in the end the deployed containers 
couldn't communicate between themselves because of some network issues. 
I was told to use a MacBook Pro where the same setup worked out of the 
box within 30 minutes instead of over a day spent on unsuccessful 
attempts to run it in bhyve. It's a shame but I will try with your steps 
when I find some time to see if that would help.

GrzegorzJ