Blog posts tagged
"docker"

95 posts

Valentin Viennot
2 June 2023

Docker container security: demystifying FIPS-enabled containers with Ubuntu Pro

Article container

In today’s rapidly changing digital environment, the significance of robust Docker container security measures cannot be overstated. Even the containerised layer is subject to compliance standards, which raise security concerns and compliance requirements.

Valentin Viennot
2 June 2023

Vergil Yotov
17 May 2023

Docker vs Snaps: a side by side comparison

Article IoT

The Docker project was initiated by dotCloud, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company that created Docker to run their internal infrastructure. Slowly, Docker became more successful than any of their other products, so dotCloud rebranded as Docker Inc. Docker provides easy-to-use tooling and grew into an entire ecosystem...

Vergil Yotov
17 May 2023

Giuseppe Barbieri
23 March 2023

Snapping out of Docker: a robotics guide for migrating Docker to Snap

Article Robotics

In this blog post, we are going to see when and how to migrate a ROS application currently deployed with Docker to Snap. This topic is also covered on our documentation website. We will use the web-based joystick application developed by Husarion, (GitHub – husarion/webui-ros-joystick) as an example. This application is...

Giuseppe Barbieri
23 March 2023

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
15 January 2023

ROS Docker; 6 reasons why they are not a good fit

Article Robotics

The Robot Operating System (ROS) has been powering innovators for the last decade. But as more and more ROS robots are reaching the market, developers face new challenges deploying their applications. Why did we start using ROS & Docker? Is it convenient? Does it solve our challenges? Or is it simply a tool from another

Gabriel Aguiar Noury
15 January 2023

Valentin Viennot
10 January 2023

DIY chiselled Ubuntu: crafting your own chiselled Ubuntu base image

Article Cloud and server

In a previous post, I explained how we made our Ubuntu image 15 times smaller by chiselling a specific slice of Ubuntu for .NET developers. In this blog, I will provide step-by-step instructions on customising your chiselled Ubuntu base images for any use case. Chiselled Ubuntu containers combine Distroless and Ubuntu...

Valentin Viennot
10 January 2023

Valentin Viennot
9 January 2023

Chiselled Ubuntu containers: the benefits of combining Distroless and Ubuntu

Article Cloud and server

Last August, we announced 6 MB-size Ubuntu base images designed for self-contained .NET applications — we called them “chiselled Ubuntu”. How did we make our Ubuntu base images 15 times smaller? And how can you create your own chiselled Ubuntu images? In this blog, I explain the idea behind Distroless container images,...

Valentin Viennot
9 January 2023

Valentin Viennot
20 December 2022

See for yourself: the benefits of chiselled Ubuntu images in action with an ASP.NET shop demo

Article Cloud and server

Looking for a way to improve the performance and reliability of your online shopping and payment systems during the holiday season? Look no further than chiselled Ubuntu images! In this blog series, I’ve already discussed the benefits of using these lightweight and efficient images for your containerised applications....

Valentin Viennot
20 December 2022

Valentin Viennot
19 December 2022

Chiselled Ubuntu: the perfect present for your containerised and cloud applications

Article Cloud and server

As we enter the holiday season, online shopping and payment systems are gearing up for higher traffic and workloads. Ensuring that these applications can handle the increased demand without slowing down or crashing is critical for providing a smooth and efficient experience for customers. One way to improve the...

Valentin Viennot
19 December 2022

Valentin Viennot
25 May 2022

Create FIPS-enabled Ubuntu container images with 10-year security updates

Article Apps

Canonical’s UA and Pro customers can now fully benefit from their subscriptions directly in containerised environments and pipelines. The new UA client release (27.7+) makes it easier to enable FIPS mode in Ubuntu containers. It also automatically signs up CI/CD builds for 10-year security updates to never worry about...

Valentin Viennot
25 May 2022

Miona Aleksic
31 March 2022

LXD vs Docker

Article Cloud and server

When talking about containers, a common confusion for potential users of LXD is that LXD is an alternative to Docker or Kubernetes. However, LXD and Docker are not competing container technologies, and they tend to serve completely different purposes. In this blog, we’ll briefly discuss the differences and the suitable...

Miona Aleksic
31 March 2022

Nathan Hart
28 January 2022

Single-command Docker environments on any machine with Multipass

Article Ubuntu

Multipass has a new workflow tailored to run Docker containers on macOS, Windows or Linux. One single command, no dependencies, full flexibility. Multipass exists to bring Ubuntu-based development to the operating system of your choice. Whether you prefer the GUI of macOS (even on M1), Windows or any other Linux, the...

Nathan Hart
28 January 2022

Nathan Hart
23 December 2021

How-To: Docker on Windows and Mac with Multipass

Article Tutorials

Update: there is now a more streamlined way to run Docker on Multipass – see this tutorial for more details. Original blog below: If you’re looking for an alternative to Docker Desktop or to integrate Docker into your Multipass workflow, this how-to is for you.  Multipass can host a docker engine inside an Ubuntu VM

Nathan Hart
23 December 2021

Valentin Viennot
9 December 2021

How to colourise black & white pictures with OpenVINO™ on Ubuntu containers (Part 2)

Article AI

This blog is the last part of a series – don’t miss parts one and zero. We’re on a mission to demonstrate OpenVINO™ on Ubuntu containers; from the consistently outstanding developer experience to the added trust to your software supply chain. In this blog, I’ll guide you on your way to building and deploying an

Valentin Viennot
9 December 2021

Hugo Huang
6 December 2021

Deploy Container on Ubuntu Pro on Google Cloud

Article Cloud and server

Since I wrote Launch Ubuntu Desktop on Google Cloud last week, I kept thinking about putting Ubuntu Desktop into containers. A container is an independent unit of software packages and their dependencies so that the application on the container can run reliably in different computing environments. Docker, an open-source...

Hugo Huang
6 December 2021

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