Enhanced Docker® Lifecycle Support on Layershift Jelastic PaaS
The latest platform upgrade on the Layershift Jelastic PaaS delivers three great headline benefits that every Layershift customer should take advantage of today.
1. Docker® on Jelastic PaaS is now GA
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Docker®. That little fish has made big waves.
Back in April, we announced how Layershift’s private cloud customers were already using Jelastic together with the Docker® packaging standard to use this technology in advanced real-world DevOps workflows.
We just made this a whole lot easier and more flexible with support for volumes. Volumes allow you to dispose of your container without disposing of your data – hence you can upgrade your container to a later version (e.g. switch Docker® image tag).
With this feature we are also making our Docker® feature GA (generally available) to all paid public PaaS account customers by default, marking it out as a first-class citizen available for all to use and enjoy.
This is a great moment to briefly recap the main benefits of using Docker® powered nodes within your Jelastic PaaS environments:
- Instant access to 100,000+ pre-defined server templates, giving you the ability to deploy a wider range of server software than ever before.
- Define your own server templates – including standing on the shoulders of giants by basing your template atop of any existing one (for example, if you just need to make a minor modification or addition).
- Deploy the same server template on your laptop (e.g. via Docker® Compose) as you use in production on our Jelastic PaaS.