Tag Archives: containers

Why Containers?

Posted on March 11, 2020 by

I’ve been looking at and dabbling with containers for some time. I got more interested a few years ago as I saw the changes that Microsoft made to ensure container support for SQL Server, especially with the introduction of the … Continue reading →

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Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

Abstract: Containers and Kubernetes have become buzzwords in the application development world, but how do these technologies fit with SQL Server? This session will discuss the basics of containers and Kubernetes and explain how we can use containers with databases … Continue reading →

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The K8s Overview

Posted on October 23, 2019 by

I’ve written some posts on Kubernetes (K8s) as I think this will be an important technology in the next decade for database systems. Actually, it’s not that I think Kubernetes is that important, but rather that the orchestration of containers … Continue reading →

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Local Database CI Builds with Jenkins in a Container

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

In two previous posts, I’ve showed how to configure Jenkins in a container as well as how to add the SQL Change Automation plugin. This post looks at an initial database build in Jenkins. I will build from my local … Continue reading →

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