Is there a containerized MID server (Docker/etc.)?

[Kerry Hormann]

Is anyone working on a containerized version of the MID server software?  I have built my own stuff, but the Tanuki service wrapper is REALLY getting in the way, basically making the container idea non-workable.

If you like the idea of containerization but don't have a solution, please up-vote the idea I posted on this forum!

[Kerry Hormann]

Unfortunately, no - the solution they came up with includes a bunch of platform changes.  The documentation specifically states that it does not support prior agent versions, but you have to read between the lines as to why.

[Kerry Hormann]

Unfortunately, the solution in Rome is a complete miss - not at all what was asked for.  It's just a repackaging of the installed agent inside a container.

There are already several repackaged solutions like this on Docker Hub (as stated in several comments above), although maybe the "value" is having a "supported" version from the vendor.  Then again, the documentation states that several standard features do not work and several others are "unsupported", so you'll have to interpret "value" for yourself.

I don't know what the development team's motivations were or what restrictions they were given, but the result is not good.  The concept of containerization was completely missed, which is really sad as it sets a precedent for future releases and now we have a path that is not likely to be deviated from (ahem... AngularJS, Java 8, ES5, etc.).

I won't be using this, and I suspect that adoption will be fairly low elsewhere.

[Harsh Kumar1]

@Kerry Hormann, thanks for the feedback. What we have delivered for Rome is just containerization of MID and we have aware of the industry expectation in terms of Auto-Scaling and Auto-Configuration of MID servers. We will get these in phases for customers, this is our first step towards containerization. I would love to set up some time to discuss and get your perspective. 

[Kerry Hormann]

@Harsh Kumar, thank you for your reply and extra information!  I am willing to help in any way I can, and would love to have a conversation with you to more fully understand the issues and roadmap.  To contact me directly, send an email my name, Kerry Hormann, with the two words separated by a period, at siemens.com.

[mram]

Folks, Anyone attempted to run the containerized mid-servers (images from Rome) on AWS ECS Fargate successfully? Is there any limitation in using ECS Fargate?