It should be able to run any type of application really. The only limitation by default are what ports and access to the host filesystem that are made available to the container. But you can export whatever ports you want and mount the host file system. To the host, it all looks like a docker instance process. But inside, the application still have full use of the system, just in its own environment space, with its own process space.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Chad Dombrova <chad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jun 2, 2014 3:37 AM, "Marcus Ottosson" <konstrukt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> This would replace the process where you have an application and you >> have to get someone to run your build script to provision the machine and >> install libraries and hopefully avoid conflicts. >> > >> > This sounds awfully close to being an alternative to Rez. If Rez >> configures a state completely out of thin air, with only the required >> dependencies, then Docker could instead be used to set-up pre-configured, >> more course-grained states that could run in parallel on a single worker, >> especially since it seems capable of sharing resources across states (or >> “containers”). Thoughts? >> >> >> >> It isn't anything like Rez other than maybe some very high level >> festures. Rez is managing packages from an environment standpoint. >> Docker uses kernel features like Cgroups and Linux containers to give >> your container it's own process space, ethernet device, root environment, >> etc. You have to explicitly map a virtual resource to give the container >> access to the host filesystem. And you have to map ports out of the >> container to expose them to the host. This gives you the ability to build >> the container and not even consider if it will have library and dependency >> conflicts with other things on the system. Because there isn't a need for >> dependency resolution. It doesn't have to play with other shared libraries >> and deps. >> > Justin, > do you know if it is possible to use docker to run GUI applications like > Maya? I only ever hear about it in the context of running services / > daemons / servers, etc > > -chad. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAGq9Q7GSaR5xn4hB9hcweexJLH9ZA8kUzTT2%2BsD%2Burj7j4%3D-Fg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAGq9Q7GSaR5xn4hB9hcweexJLH9ZA8kUzTT2%2BsD%2Burj7j4%3D-Fg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA22w4G7f717v%2B%2BWDg9k_reaWwH_Tugt5qHBgnsq3NO_DA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
