AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds Docker support

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I'm happy that AWS is bringing Docker into the ecosystem, but note that this currently allows for a maximum of one container per instance, which is a rather inefficient use of Docker and doesn't add a lot of value.

Docker shines more when you can have a number of containers side-by-side, isolated from each other. If there's only one thing to "isolate", you don't get as much benefit.

Well, you can develop on your laptop in the same container and know you can upload/sync the same exact thing to production.

That basic essential feature is absolutely valuable to me.

This is super cool/useful. I say celebrate small wins, man!

I'd love to turn this around and ask - what would you feel is a good experience integrating the two?

I spend a ton of time thinking about / talking about this; your insight is valuable.

I'd want to see it as a `foreman`-like description: identify the Dockerfiles, map to an instance type, and say how many of each container you want.

Sounds lovely.

Additional discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7636785

How much CPU power does one instance get then? I mean are this the default ec2 instance types or something special?

You choose the instance type yourself when creating the Elastic Beanstalk app.

Makes you wonder when Docker will go 1.0 and be officially "ready for production".

We've been pretty transparent (I think!)

We will deliver 1.0 as soon as we feel that the core api is intact and we are comfortable supporting for 6-12 months.

Well done guys. An important step in adoption and a vote of confidence.

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