Speakers

Session Description

Containers are all the rage. But why? Are they really better than virtual machines? What is a container even? Should I move from a Vagrant development environment to Docker? How does this look when a Composer based development workflow is used? What is it like moving from Vagrant to Docker and learning D8 at the same time?

This session will cover:

  • Virtual machines versus containers
  • Why containers? Why Docker?
  • Why Composer?
  • Development workflow using Docker
  • Development workflow using Docker and Composer
  • Tools/frameworks to get started

Intended Audience:

  • Developers
  • SysAdmins
  • DevOps-ers

Track(s)

Site Building
Back-end
DevOps

Drupal-specific

No

Drupal beginners

No

Session length

60 minutes

Session Assignment

SCW 213AB - Acquia
Friday 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Session video