Docker & Containers, The Future of Microservices

Goutam Kamate, S.G Raghavendra Prasad

Abstract: Docker is a container technology and is also called as container-based virtualization which has multiple instances on operating system running over a single kernel. Here the operating system's kernel runs on the underlying hardware with isolated virtual machines called as containers. Micro-service architecture is not a new thing but started getting attention when the docker was introduced and many companies around the world are shifting from a standalone architecture to micro-service architecture. With lot of pros, Docker is a very good fit for micro- service architecture application. In this paper we will discuss the micro-services architecture and how docker will help to resolve the challenges in micro-service architecture.

Keywords: cloud, docker, container, container orchestration virtualization, hypervisor, automation, micro services