Yes i m also confused a little about docker and vm this container is quite like the zones in solaris and such containers are supposed to replace vm in the future since it s lightweight although this post is discussing the performance running a docker container in a vm like kvm and vmware vm the result shows vmware vm is much better than kvm but why we still need to running a.
Vmware esxi docker container.
The vsphere integrated containers overview provides general information about container technology and docker.
Vmware vsphere integrated containers engine a container runtime for vsphere.
This release delivers vmware vsphere integrated containers the easiest way for vsphere users to bring containers into an existing vsphere environment.
The vic engine is a container runtime for vsphere allowing developers familiar with docker to develop in containers and deploy them alongside traditional vm based workloads on vsphere clusters.
Vsphere integrated containers engine allows developers who are familiar with docker to develop in containers and deploy them alongside traditional vm based workloads on vsphere clusters.
Vsphere admins will grab the appliance and import it into the vsphere environment.
For vsphere integrated containers deployments we have bundled it as a virtual appliance in ova format.
In contrast vmware exsi is a virtualization software creates virtualized systems using a hypervisor.
I suggest reading this guide for further details on the architecture use case examples and on how to deploy vic.
Docker and vmware exsi are both virtualization tools that take different approaches to virtualization.
Vsphere adminitrators can manage these workloads by using vsphere in a way that.
A docker image registry with additional capabilities such as role based access control rbac replication and so on.
The vmware vic documentation site is also a good source of information.
For this reason vsphere integrated containers also ships harbor an enterprise docker registry.
We now have the ability to host containers in our vsphere environment.
Docker is a container management software that helps businesses isolate processes at the operating system level.
Vsphere integrated containers registry.
The ability to consume vmware esxi resources directly leverage vmware s best in class virtual machine vm management tools like vrealize operations and the ability to create segmented multi tenant docker enabled api endpoints are all.