VMware Announces vSphere Docker Volume Is Docker Certified

by Adam Armstrong March 30, 2017

written by Adam Armstrong March 30, 2017

Today VMware announced that it has joined the Docker Certification program. VMware goes on to announce that its vSphere Docker Volume Service (vDVS) plugin will now be available in the Docker Store. The certifications proves that VMware vSphere Docker Volume service has been thoroughly tested and validated by Docker and confirms to customers that it is supported and built according to best practices while being evaluated for security as well.

VMware first announced the beta of its vSphere Docker Volume Service at DockerCon in 2016. The idea was to leverage Docker’s containers with vSphere Storage. Using vSphere storage technologies such as VSAN, VMFS and NFS admins can manage container data volumes. Now with its certification by Docker, as well as Docker’s Managed Plugin System (introduced in 1.13), extending the benefits of Docker in vSphere are easier than ever.

Benefits include:

Proven Persistent Shared Storage: Users can now use any VMware supported enterprise class storage backed by vSAN, VMFS and NFS
Multitenancy, Security and Access Control: vSphere administrators can effortlessly set access permissions for shared storage across hosts, datastores and VMs from a single location
Operational Consistency & Simplicity: Zero Configuration, zero credential management.
Self Service Operations: Use Docker APIs to manage volume lifecycle while maintaining administrator control over consumption
100% Docker Compatible and supports high availability with Docker Swarm
Supports Storage Policy Based Management for Containers

VMware has a thorough blog post detailing exactly how to install and configure vSphere Docker Volume Service.

VMWare main site

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