Containerized environments are increasingly popular, and Docker remains the most popular container solution for developers. But the process of moving from virtual machines to containers is complex. If you’re just getting started with Docker, check out our list of 50 useful Docker tutorials for IT professionals, which includes tutorials for beginners, intermediate users, and advanced Docker pros.
It’s common to make mistakes during the transition from VMs to Docker containers, and it’s important to remember that Docker won’t fix all your problems in the cloud. There are also security issues you need to weigh in order to keep your environment fully secure both during and after the transition. Threat Stack’s Docker integration offers full visibility into your container environment, alerting you to internal and external threats — along with the context needed to understand what happened during a security event so you can take appropriate action.
Aside from failing to implement robust security measures for your containerized environment, people make other common mistakes make when switching to Docker containers. To gain some insight into the most common, we reached out to a panel of Docker experts and asked them to answer this question: