[plug] SAGE-AU WA December presentation: Docker (Erwin van der Koogh)

[Alastair Irvine]

I encourage members of PLUG to attend this, since it's about an 
advanced but easy-to-use feature of Linux.

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            SAGE-AU Western Australian Chapter Meeting
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TITLE:   Docker Overview

DATE:    Tuesday 3rd December 2013

TIME:    6:00 PM (drinks), 6:30 PM (meeting)

VENUE:   Moon and Sixpence British Pub
         300 Murray St
         Perth 6000

CONTACT: Alastair Irvine <alastair.irvine at computer.org>
         0490 249709

RSVP:    http://www.meetup.com/SAGE-AU-WA/events/153082822/


.: AGENDA :.
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[6:00pm]  Meet for drinks and chat at "The Stables" in the rear of 
the pub.  The area is roped off with signage announcing the 
meeting.

[6:25pm]  Migration to Maxwell's in the adjoining Comfort Inn.

Drinks rules: Please remember that we have been asked not to take 
our drinks from the Moon and Sixpence to the meeting room any more.  
However, given that rules tend be illogical, there is a loophole.

It turns out that Raine Room operates as part of La Bohème's 
liquor license.  So if you go from the hotel lobby through the 
bistro into the other pub (on Murray Street, corner of William 
Street) you can buy a drink there and bring that into the meeting 
room.  No pretending; there are probably cameras.

[6:30pm]  Welcome & Introductions.

[6:35pm]  Meeting commences.

This month's guest is Erwin van der Koogh.

Erwin will be giving a sysadmin-focused overview of Docker, which is 
an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any 
application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container 
that will run virtually anywhere.  (As long as it's a Linux machine, 
since Docker uses the Linux Containers feature, aka LXC.)

Docker containers can encapsulate any payload, and will run 
consistently on and between virtually any server. The same container 
that a developer builds and tests on a laptop will run at scale, in 
production*, on VMs, bare-metal servers, OpenStack clusters, public 
instances, or combinations of the above.

Common use cases for Docker include:

  + Automating the packaging and deployment of applications
  + Creation of lightweight, private PAAS environments
  + Automated testing and continuous integration/deployment
  + Deploying and scaling web apps, databases and backend services


About Erwin van der Koogh.
Agile/Lean/Management consultant by day, techie by night Erwin is 
always looking for ways to create more fun, engaging & adaptive 
organisations. Part of that is people, part of it is technical. So 
he keeps an eye out for new technologies that stand to disrupt the 
status quo. Docker is a potential candidate because it has the 
potential to radically change the way we think about applications.


[7:30pm]  Meeting close. Migration back to the pub for drinks, Q&A, 
and General Discussion of current IT issues.

Hope to see you there!


.: DIRECTIONS :.
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The Moon and Sixpence pub is located on Murray Street, Perth, 
between Queen and William Streets. It is within easy walking 
distance of the Busport, Wellington Street Bus Station, Perth Train 
Station and less than 100 meters from Perth Underground Train 
Station. For those who are driving, Murray Street is one-way (east, 
towards the hills) with vehicle entry available from Milligan 
Street, the Freeway and West Perth. Parking is available from one 
of several City of Perth carparks located along Murray Street, as 
well as in bays on Murray Street itself. 

Find your way there with Google Maps: http://bit.ly/35b23N


-- 
Alastair Irvine, Warpspace IT <http://www.warpspace.net/>
Business enquiries: 1300 881744 or guru at warpspace.net
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