Re: Postgresql + containerization possible use case

On 12/10/21 01:24, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> Hi

> 
> The idea for future upgrades is to containerize certain aspects of the 
> software. The questions are (I am not skilled in docker, only minimal 
> contact with lxd) :
> - is this a valid use case for containerization?
> - are there any gotchas around postgersql, the reliability of the system ?
> - since we are talking about 4+ basic services (pgsqk, jboss, uucp, 
> samba), is docker a good fit or should we be looking into lxd as well?
> - are there any success stories of other after following a similar path?

My question is what is it going to change? The software in the 
containers still need to be maintained/upgraded and now you have added 
maintenance and management of the container software and communication 
between containers.

> 
> Thank you!
> 
> PS
> 
> For those who wonder about UUCP, UUCP was our comms solution prior we 
> installed TCP/IP on the vessels. However, to this day, it provides a 
> nice management layer, a sort of protection before data leave the vessel 
> or reach the vessel, in a user controlled manner. So uucp stayed as it 
> matched exactly the business as far data transfers and emails are 
> concerned. It would be hard to uniformly manage data transfers and 
> emails in/out in a plain TCP/IP setup (rsync, ftp, etc, 
> sendmail/exim4/postfix or other MTA).
> 


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