How the hell do I run my microservices in production, and will it scale?
summary
Step-by-step checklist for getting container microservices into production: how to build minimal, immutable Docker images (lock runtimes, drop build deps, run non-root, squash layers), what platform pieces are required (lifecycle, discovery, scheduling, monitoring, backups, image signing) and real usage numbers—Docker 101 tutorial graduates still treat containers like VMs (≈70%) while ~6% break apps into services and ~4% run full microservices, and the production platform runs 5,000 servers for ~700 customers; includes the open source habitus for extracting and squashing build artifacts.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Getting the right image
- 4:02Learning curve
- 5:32Create a bridge
- 5:58Timeline
- 9:57Minimum level image
- 10:20Slimmest
- 18:20Image guidelines
- 21:50Scheduling
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