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Pertino Jumps On The "Networking For Docker" Stage
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Considering the amazing uptake that Docker has received since its inception, it is understandable to think that every possible issue related to the project has been solved. But when one reflects upon the fact that Docker is only a year or so old, it stands to reason that some holes exist. A couple of the most obvious examples of this relate to networking and storage within the Docker construct.
The former problem, networking, has had a bit of attention of late. New startup Weave launched to try and solve this problem and today networking vendor Pertino is announcing plans to resolve some issues also.
Pertino is a vendor that enables organizations to build a private cloud network that sits on top of the public Internet. It’s a captivating idea – leverage the existing network, but overlay it with virtual security and isolation – the best of both worlds some would suggest. Bringing the cost and agility profile of SDN, alongside the security and robustness of private networks.
The company is today extending its proposition to Docker and is announcing Pertino for Docker, a network stack software that extends the Pertino Cloud Network Engine to Docker. With Pertino for Docker, which is available on Docker Hub, organizations can build container-level Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks to securely connect Dockerized distributed apps across any number of private or public clouds, anywhere. Pertino has also joined the Docker Technology Partner program to further collaborate with Docker on networking.
The SDN controller within the Cloud Network Engine platform automatically handles all host, IP addressing, DNS and security relationships while the distributed data plane functions as a virtual LAN switch in the cloud to connect app containers on a secure virtual network.
The interesting thing about this is that Pertino is offering a compelling answer to the “are containers or VMs the best way forwards?”. Formerly the worlds of virtual machines and Docker containers were somewhat separate – true VMware has been talking a “Docker on top of VMs” story for awhile, but this is the first time that a networking-specific vendor embraces Docker and VMs across the same offering. This will be a compelling proposition for organizations looking to use both technology approaches within their architectures.
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