Docker Mind Shift - Surfing the Cloud

Surfing the Cloud

Docker Mind Shift

A collection of 2 posts

Container ENV configs are an Anti-Pattern

Container ENV configs are an Anti-Pattern

Using the OS Environment to configure your containers is an insecure practice, and we need to stop encouraging people to do it! The 12-factor app says to use the running Environment of a container to configure your running service. I would contend this does not mandate OS Environment variables, but

Idiomatic Containers

Idiomatic Containers

Using a container properly can be the difference between your success or failure. Knowing how to do this lies in following a few simple idiomatic patterns. You may have heard that the ideal pattern for containers is one process per container. This is a simplified statement explaining one of the