Containers Survival Guide for Infrastructure
Containers are coming! Get ready now (if you haven’t already).
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Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Containers are an emerging trend in application packaging and delivery:
- Infrastructure is not prepared to host containers.
- Developers are already using them as an application development tool.
- Containers will soon become a standard in internal and external software delivery.
Adopting containers will help you achieve an efficient and agile application lifecycle:
- Consolidate workloads and maximize resource utilization.
- Eliminate overlap of responsibility between development and operations.
- Cut down on application development and deployment costs.
- Ensure application performance by packaging applications with dependencies.
- Deploy scalable and agile workloads.
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Module 1: Identify the Need for Containers
The Purpose
- Discuss the anticipated benefits/concerns with containers with stakeholders.
- Assess enterprise workloads to identify deployment needs.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Establish a need for containers in the enterprise.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Explore business benefits of containers. |
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| 1.2 | Discuss container pain points/concerns. |
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| 1.3 | Assess container use in your organization. |
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| 1.4 | Complete Containers Assessment Workbook. |
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Module 2: Develop a Container Adoption Strategy
The Purpose
- Develop a short-term and long-term container adoption strategy.
- Assemble the ideal container software ecosystem.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Utilize current infrastructure for containers.
- Test container native infrastructure.
- Adopt a container software ecosystem that fits your organizational needs.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Compare containers and VMs |
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| 2.2 | Explore workload deployment needs. |
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| 2.3 | List initiatives to adopt containers on VM. |
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| 2.4 | Develop a bare-metal container pilot. |
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Module 3: Roadmap Your Container Adoption Plans
The Purpose
- Identify the tools needed to adopt containers.
- Prioritize initiatives for adopting containers.
- Build the Container Adoption Roadmap.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Select the tools that best fit your organization.
- Manage timelines for completing container adoption initiatives.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Assemble ideal container ecosystem. |
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| 3.2 | Build collective agreements document. |
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| 3.3 | Build container adoption roadmap. |
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| 3.4 | Prioritize roadmap initiatives. |
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Module 4: Assemble the Containers Executive Communications Report
The Purpose
- Assemble a Containers Executive Communications Report for stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Effectively communicate your journey to adopting containers.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Identify and assemble the components of the Containers Executive Communications Report. |
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