Modern applications make extensive use of networks. At build time it’s common to apt-get/dnf/yum/apk install a package from a Linux distribution’s package repository. At runtime an application may wish to connect() to an internal postgres or mysql database to persist...
Engineering
File Sharing with Docker Desktop
One of the topics users of Docker Desktop often ask us about is file sharing. How do I see my source code inside my container? What’s the difference between a volume and a bind mount? Why is file sharing slower than on Linux, and how can I speed it up? In this blog...
WSL 2 GPU Support for Docker Desktop on NVIDIA GPUs
It's been a year since Ben wrote about Nvidia support on Docker Desktop. At that time, it was necessary to take part in the Windows Insider program, use Beta CUDA drivers, and use a Docker Desktop tech preview build. Today, everything has changed: On the OS...
Apache Log4j 2 CVE-2021-44228
Update: 13 December 2021 As an update to CVE-2021-44228, the fix made in version 2.15.0 was incomplete in certain non-default configurations. An additional issue was identified and is tracked with CVE-2021-45046. For a more complete fix to this vulnerability, it’s...
Faster Multi-Platform Builds: Dockerfile Cross-Compilation Guide
There are some important changes happening in the software industry. With Apple moving all of their machines to their custom ARM-based silicon and AWS offering the best performance-per-cost ratio with their Graviton2 instances, one can no longer expect that all...
Graphcore Poplar SDK Container Images Now Available on Docker Hub
Graphcore’s Poplar® SDK is available for developers to access through Docker Hub, with Graphcore joining Docker’s Verified Publisher Program. Together with Docker, we’re distributing our software stack as container images, enabling developers to easily build, manage...
Continuous Previews (CP): Don’t Merge Until You Preview
Docker’s Peter McKee sits down with Uffizzi Co-founders Grayson Adkins - who serves as Head of Product - and Josh Thurman - who serves as Head of Developer Relations - for a Q&A on the CP method. Check out the live stream from August 26th for Docker Build:...
Beta IPv6 Support on Docker Hub Registry
At Docker we're all about our community, so we listened to your excitement about Docker Hub support for IPv6 on the public roadmap, and now we are pleased to be introducing beta IPv6 support for the Docker Hub Registry! This means if you're on an IPv6 only network,...
Notary v2 Project Update
Supply chain security is something that has been increasingly important to all of us in the last few years. Almost as important as the global supply chains that are having problems distributing goods around the world! There have been many attacks via the supply chain....