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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Is using Docker Compose considered orchestration?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    "No"

    -- everyone using compose to orchestrate software deployments

    spoilerYes it is, and there's a age old joke about docker being used for configuration management, which doesn't require a container system.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I put yes. Then it asks what platform you use and I clicked "Docker".

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It asks this regardless of whether you say you use orchestration or not. I would say that docker compose, used as intended, is not a container orchestration platform as it provides no automated scaling or resiliency across nodes

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I guess it depends on what "orchestration" means to you... 🤔

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestration_%28computing%29

    In system administration, orchestration is the automated configuration, coordination, deployment, development, and management of computer systems and software.

    Docker compose pretty much seems to check every one of these boxes.

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