Re: Postgresql + containerization possible use case

On 12/10/21 01:24, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> Hi

>
> The idea for future upgrades is to containerize certain aspects of the
> software. The questions are (I am not skilled in docker, only minimal
> contact with lxd) :
> - is this a valid use case for containerization?
> - are there any gotchas around postgersql, the reliability of the system ?
> - since we are talking about 4+ basic services (pgsqk, jboss, uucp,
> samba), is docker a good fit or should we be looking into lxd as well?
> - are there any success stories of other after following a similar path?

My question is what is it going to change? The software in the
containers still need to be maintained/upgraded and now you have added
maintenance and management of the container software and communication
between containers.

>
> Thank you!
>
> PS
>
> For those who wonder about UUCP, UUCP was our comms solution prior we
> installed TCP/IP on the vessels. However, to this day, it provides a
> nice management layer, a sort of protection before data leave the vessel
> or reach the vessel, in a user controlled manner. So uucp stayed as it
> matched exactly the business as far data transfers and emails are
> concerned. It would be hard to uniformly manage data transfers and
> emails in/out in a plain TCP/IP setup (rsync, ftp, etc,
> sendmail/exim4/postfix or other MTA).
>

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