ClusterHQWhat is Flocker?
Flocker is a data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool. With it you can control your data using the same tools you use for your stateless applications. This means that you can run your databases, queues and key-value stores in Docker and move them around as easily as the rest of your app.
Flocker is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Move containers and their data together between hosts
Run multiple containers on multiple machines
Define your application as a set of connected containers
Easily move between dev, staging and production
Flocker Pros & Cons
Pros of Flocker
- ✓Open-Source
- ✓Easily manage Docker containers with Data
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Great support from their team
- ✓Multi-host docker-compose support
- ✓Only requires docker
Cons of Flocker
No cons listed yet.
Flocker Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Flocker?
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
