Developing apps in Windows Containers using Docker
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What can you expect?
▪ Learn all about what Containers are and why they exist
▪ How they will work in Windows
▪ The tools you’ll use (right now) to develop using them
– Including Visual Studio
▪ Lots of demos running Containers using Docker CLI + PowerShell
▪ Note: Not covering the Orchestration of Containers
▪ Disclaimer: Demos might not work as we’re Beta software
Who am I?
Solutions Architect
10+ years .Net Developer
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Enter Windows Server 2016
The Different Flavours
▪ Windows Server Core
▪ Windows Server Nano
▪ Windows 10 Pro + Ent
Windows Server Nano
▪ Optimised for the cloud
▪ 20X smaller than WS Core
▪ 80% fewer reboots
▪ 92% fewer critical bulletins
▪ Can be used as a:– Container Host– File Server– DNS Server– IIS Server
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Containers Support in Windows Server 2016
Windows Server Containers Hyper-V Containers
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How to get started?
Installing on Windows 10
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Installing Windows Server 2016
▪ Download the ISO for the Evaluation Version
▪ Create a VM using the “Windows Server 2016 Datacenter” operating system
▪ Then follow these instructions: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick_start/quick_start_windows_server
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Install Visual Studio Tooling
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Let’s run some containers…
Development Workflow
Deploy from
Registry
Push Docker
Image to
Registry
Integration
Tests
Build Code
& Docker
Image
Write &
Commit
Code
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Docker Toolbox
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Docker Toolbox
▪ Kitematic– GUI version of the Docker Engine
▪ Docker Registry– Collection of [non-]official Container images
▪ Docker Compose– Define multi-container application in one file
▪ Docker Machine– Helps to provision a host, and setup client tools
▪ Docker Swarm– Treat multiple hosts as a cluster
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Orchestration
▪ Docker Swarm
▪ Others
– Helios from Spotify
– Mesos from MesoSphere
– Kubernetes from Google
▪ PaaS
– Azure Container Service
– Google Container Engine
– Amazon EC2 Container Service
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Timeline and Upcoming Features
▪ Windows Server 2016
– Generally available soon, Evaluation RTM out now
▪ Visual Studio
– F5 launch, Edit & Refresh – in preview
– Debugging – in preview
– Add-in update for Windows Containers – ?
▪ Docker for Windows
– Beta program launched – April 2016
– Support for Windows Containers – in beta
▪ Containers to run desktop apps?
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Resources
▪ http://aka.ms/containers
▪ http://aka.ms/DockerToolsForVS
▪ MSDN Forums – Windows Containers
▪ Docker Forums – Docker for Windows
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