Cloud & DevOps / Docker
Containerizing your application with Docker: Dockerfiles, image builds, registries and dev/local parity, so it runs the same on a laptop, in staging and in production.
Why It Matters
Instead of three separate installation processes drifting apart over time, one image is built once and promoted through each environment unchanged, so what passed staging is exactly what reaches production.
Once the application is containerized, a new team member can get a working local environment by pulling the images rather than following a long list of manual installation steps.
We identify what each part of the application needs to run, including anything currently installed by hand.
A Dockerfile is written for each service, declaring dependencies and build steps explicitly.
Images are built and tested locally to confirm they behave the same as the current setup.
A container registry is configured to store and version images across environments.
Local, staging and production are checked to confirm they run the same image and configuration pattern.
A Dockerfile written for each service in your application, not a generic template.
Images built, tagged and tested against your current application behavior.
A container registry configured to fit your existing cloud provider or infrastructure.
A developer's local environment matches staging and production, not a separate setup.
Environment-specific settings are separated from the image, so one image serves every environment.
Build and run instructions documented for the team to maintain going forward.
Images are verified to behave the same as your current setup, not just to build without errors.
We configure the registry that matches your existing cloud provider, not a fixed default.
We confirm local, staging and production actually match before calling the work done.
Containerized services are ready to move into Kubernetes or a managed pipeline when you are.
Build and run steps are documented, so the work does not sit in one engineer's memory.
We write the Dockerfiles for each part of the application, build and tag the images, set up a container registry to store them, and configure the application so a developer's local environment matches staging and production.
Yes. Most applications we containerize were not designed for it originally. The work usually involves separating configuration from code and making sure dependencies are declared explicitly, so the application behaves the same in a container as it did before.
It means a developer's local setup uses the same container images and configuration as staging and production, so a bug that only appeared on one machine because of a version mismatch stops being a routine problem.
We set up the registry that fits your existing cloud provider or infrastructure, whether that is a managed registry from your cloud provider or a self-hosted one, rather than forcing a specific vendor.
No. Containerizing an application is the step before orchestration. Once your application runs reliably in containers, Kubernetes or another orchestrator can be layered on to manage scaling and deployment across a cluster.
A single application with a straightforward stack typically takes one to three weeks, including writing Dockerfiles, testing image builds, setting up the registry and verifying dev/local parity.
Related
The other services in this section, and related pages from TCB Infotech.
No commitment. See the container plan before you decide.
