Company
Date Published
Author
Grace Morgan
Word count
260
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The developer community can now use CoreOS on DigitalOcean, providing an easy and quick way to deploy applications and experiment with containers. Docker containers can boot in milliseconds on CoreOS, offering unprecedented flexibility in managing load across a cluster of Droplets. The integration also includes automatic updates, automatic network configuration, and etcd technology for deploying clusters of servers configured to work together, ensuring the resiliency of architecture. This feature greatly reduces the impact of a possible server failure, supporting high-traffic applications. CoreOS Managed Linux is delivered as an OS as a Service for commercial support. The announcement follows similar strategies used by Google, Facebook, and Twitter to allow for growth and resilient systems.