Red Hat to bring Docker container technologies to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux high-touch beta program and OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service
offering
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Docker, the commercial entity behind the Docker.io project, the
industry's leading container solution, and Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT),
the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a
deeper relationship that builds on the existing technology collaboration
between the companies. As part of the expanded collaboration, Docker and
Red Hat will work together on interoperability between Docker's hosted
services and Red Hat certified container hosts and services.
The rapid rise of the Docker project reflects the IT industry's growing
recognition of the importance of standardized, open source,
container-based approaches to application creation, deployment, and
management. Long a leader in Linux container technologies, Red Hat began
working closely with the Docker team in September
2013. Since then Red Hat has worked to extend Docker for inclusion
in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with new production-grade file-system
options, integrated systemd process management, and use of SELinux to
provide military-grade security. Red Hat has also packaged Docker for
Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and launched the Red
Hat Container Certification in March 2014. Building on these
efforts, Red Hat and Docker are deepening collaboration around Docker
container technologies. Red Hat will bring Docker container technologies
into the high-touch beta program for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and to
OpenShift, its award-winning Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering.
Application containers have emerged as an essential solution for
developers and IT operations teams, one that provides both a flexible
way to build and deploy applications, while significantly reducing the
time and expense associated with underlying cloud infrastructure.
Emerging as the de facto standard for containerization in the Linux
community, Docker technology offers benefits to developers, system
administrators, and DevOps alike.
"Red Hat has a long history of developing, investing in and fostering
innovative technologies, including Linux Containers, an open source
methodology that has seen numerous, fundamental contributions from Red
Hat over the years," said Brian Stevens, executive vice president and
CTO, Red Hat. "The Docker technology, which helps eliminate the barriers
facing enterprise adoption of containers - ease of use, application
packaging and infrastructure integration - was very exciting to us. We
believe that integrating Red Hat and Docker technologies offers both
powerful developer capabilities and a lightweight application packaging
approach for enterprise workloads across industries. By working
together, we can bring an extended set of capabilities to not only Red
Hat customers, but to the open source and Linux community at large."
Customer benefits include:
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Expansion of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 High-Touch Beta Program
to include Docker container technologies. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
is currently in beta and is targeted to be a Red Hat certified
container host, with Docker as a primary supported container format.
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Red Hat certification of Dockerized applications: As announced previously,
Red Hat plans to extend its ecosystem to include certified
applications built as Docker Containers.
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Broad Docker integration with OpenShift: Application containers
in OpenShift will be integrated with Docker and support Red Hat
certified ISV applications packaged in the Docker container format.
These same containerized applications will also be supported on other
Red Hat products.
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Complementary support services: In addition to the support
provided with Red Hat subscription services, customers will be able to
leverage developer support services from Docker, Inc. when Docker 1.0
is released.
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Docker JumpStart Program for Red Hat customers: Docker plans to
announce a special starter program for organizations looking to create
pilot projects around the use of Docker in conjunction with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and OpenShift. The program will offer Docker on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux training, architectural review, installation
support for Docker Registry, and Docker Commercial support.
"Industry interest in containers in general, and Docker in particular,
has grown considerably in the past year," said Al Hilwa, program
director at IDC. "Red Hat's embrace of this technology marks an
important milestone, as it demonstrates that Docker and containerization
have become suitable for many production environments. Organizations
looking to simplify application deployment and improve operational
efficiency and infrastructure utilization should consider standardized
containerization approaches such as Docker."
Highlighting the growth of the standard, key Docker milestones from the
past year include:
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Contributions from more than 400 developers;
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More than 1.4 million downloads;
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More than 9,000 "Dockerized" applications in Docker's public index; and
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A boom in community activity, with more than 80 meetup groups in 30
countries.
"We are thrilled by the results of our collaboration with Red Hat to
date," said Ben Golub, CEO of Docker. "As leaders in open source, Red
Hat has recognized the importance of building a robust, open ecosystem.
Their level of commitment to the Docker ecosystem has been tremendous,
and we look forward to delivering on a broad range of solutions for
their customers."
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About Docker
Docker, Inc. is the commercial entity behind the open source Docker
project, and is the chief sponsor of the Docker ecosystem. Docker is an
open source engine for deploying any application as a lightweight,
portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere. By
delivering on the twin promises "Build Once…Run Anywhere" and "Configure
Once…Run Anything," Docker has seen explosive growth, and its impact is
being seen across DevOps, PaaS and hybrid cloud environments. One year
after launching, the Docker community is expanding rapidly: Docker
containers have been downloaded over one million times, the project has
received more than 11,000 Github stars, and is receiving contributions
from more than 400 community developers. Over 9,000 "Dockerized"
applications are now available at the Docker public index, and there are
over 80Docker meetup groups in 30 countries around the world. Docker,
Inc. offers both commercial Docker services and PaaS offerings at the
docker.com website.
Docker, Inc. is a venture backed by Greylock Partners (Jerry Chen),
Benchmark (Peter Fenton), Trinity Ventures (Dan Scholnick), AME Cloud
Ventures (Yahoo! Founder Jerry Yang), Insight Venture Partners, Y
Combinator, and SV Angel (Ron Conway).
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software
solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and
high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization
technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and
consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of
enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create
relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and
prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
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