Docker has released three new orchestration tools that are designed to help developers and system administrators create Dockerized distributed applications. Here's everything you need to know.

Dan Kobialka, Contributing writer

February 26, 2015

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Docker founder Solomon Hykes
Docker founder Solomon Hykes.

Docker is expanding its “batteries included but swappable” open source ecosystem to empower developers and system administrators to launch and manage portable distributed applications.

The San Francisco-based open source platform provider has released three new orchestration tools that are designed to help developers and system administrators create Dockerized apps.

Docker’s new orchestration tools include:

  • Compose — Allows users to define all of an application’s components in a single file and “spin everything up with a single command that does everything that needs to be done” to get the app running.

  • Machine — Lets users deploy Docker Engines on their computers, on cloud providers and in their own data centers.

  • Swarm — Blends several Docker Engines into a single, virtual host.

Additionally, Docker has incorporated over 30 working and proposed partner and community integrations into its open source ecosystem, including Dockerized distributed applications from:

  • Amazon Web Services.

  • Google.

  • IBM.

  • Joyent.

  • Microsoft.

“Distributed applications are dynamically evolving and in constant motion,” Solomon Hykes, Docker’s founder, said in a prepared statement. “I’m excited to share with the community the growing validation of our model by providing great collaborations that ensure complete freedom of choice in how and where these multi-container, multi-host applications are being built, shipped and run.”

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The first versions of Docker’s Compose, Machine and Swarm tools are now available.

Docker’s open source platform has been downloaded more than 200 million times, and the company’s open source ecosystem has resulted in more than 95,000 Dockerized applications and integration partnerships.

The demand for Docker is expected to increase soon, too. RightScale’s “2015 State of the Cloud Report” of 930 technical professionals revealed that 13 percent of organizations are already using Docker, and 35 percent said they plan to use it.

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About the Author(s)

Dan Kobialka

Contributing writer, Penton Technology

Dan Kobialka is a contributing writer for MSPmentor and Talkin' Cloud. In the past, he has produced content for numerous print and online publications, including the Boston Business Journal, Boston Herald and Patch.com. Dan holds a M.A. in Print and Multimedia Journalism from Emerson College and a B.A. in English from Bridgewater State College (now Bridgewater State University). In his free time, Kobialka enjoys jogging, traveling, playing sports, touring breweries and watching football (Go Patriots!).  

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