{"id":3148,"date":"2019-05-15T12:54:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=3148"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T05:42:14","slug":"revolutionize-sitecore-development-by-using-the-power-of-docker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/revolutionize-sitecore-development-by-using-the-power-of-docker","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionize Sitecore Development by Using the Power of Docker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/revolutionize-sitecore-development-by-using-the-power-of-docker\/#Understanding_Docker\" title=\"Understanding Docker:\">Understanding Docker:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/revolutionize-sitecore-development-by-using-the-power-of-docker\/#Why_should_You_Use_Docker_with_Sitecore\" title=\"Why should You Use Docker with Sitecore?\">Why should You Use Docker with Sitecore?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/revolutionize-sitecore-development-by-using-the-power-of-docker\/#Sign_up_our_Newsletter\" title=\"Sign up our Newsletter!\">Sign up our Newsletter!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sitecore CMS is quickly gaining popularity as it has the ability to cater to mid-market commercials, non-profit organizations, government organizations, large enterprises and etc. that need integration, scalability or enterprise level functionality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, it has become a product where the cloud and containers play a great role and with companies mastering the use of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sitecore-development\/\">Sitecore CMS<\/a><\/span>, they need options that can support true cloud scale deployment. It is here that docker and cloud services like AWS or Azure come into effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">IT administrators and developers can now create customized Docker scripts to make sure that the delivery process follows the policies that are set by the enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_Docker\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Understanding Docker: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Innovation in any organization comes from technology, where software companies need to empower their developers in order to deliver new customer experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">Docker is a software platform that enables the user to build, test and also deploy applications quickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The packages are standardized units that are called containers having everything that the software needs to run that includes libraries, system tools, codes and runtime. It is by using Docker that you can easily deploy and scale the application into any environment and ensure that the code will run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Docker allows organizations to attain their goals by offering the only end to end experience for developing distributed applications while leveraging the tools, people and processes that they have in place today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"es_shortcode_msg\" class=\"es_msg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #f46f25; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking for Sitecore Development Solutions?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #f46f25; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/sitecore-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In addition to creating applications, the Docker platform offers end to end security at scale without having to slow down the innovation by offering automated governance and compliance throughout the application lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">One of the greatest benefits of using Docker is the dramatic reduction of resources and time that are used in the development process by creating an entire development environment within a fraction of time. Works that used to take a few hours or over a day can now be completed faster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_should_You_Use_Docker_with_Sitecore\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Why should You Use Docker with Sitecore? <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Using Docker with Sitecore has some great benefits. The first one is its ability to scale the site by running more containers while using only fewer server resources.\u00a0 You can also push containers up to Azure to have similar things hosted externally is also useful. Using Sitecore with docker has the following benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once the initial container is created, it is quick to stand up<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Scaling the changing needs of the project is easier<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Allows a clean deployment process for all the platforms supporting Docker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Docker tools help in management, monitoring and even migration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Non Sitecore developers can easily create a working local instance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Offers consistency in snapshots, rollouts and production environments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When you end with multiple instances of Sitecore, you end up with a lot of versions of xConnect or Solr. Managing all of them and ensuring that appropriate stuff is running can be a daunting task.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000080;\">With Docker, you just need containers for each project and when you need to work on it, all you need to do is to start the resources for that site.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is a lot easier and tidier for users and developers who have joined recently can easily pull down the right container and easily start.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/blog\/how-sitecore-helps-to-enhance-the-digital-experience-of-the-customers\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How Sitecore Helps to Enhance the Digital Experience of the Customers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"newsletter_form\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sign_up_our_Newsletter\"><\/span>Sign up our Newsletter!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"emaillist\" id=\"es_form_f0-n1\"><form action=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148#es_form_f0-n1\" method=\"post\" class=\"es_subscription_form es_shortcode_form  es_ajax_subscription_form\" id=\"es_subscription_form_6a5462aa515f4\" data-source=\"ig-es\" data-form-id=\"0\"><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Name<br \/><input type=\"text\" name=\"esfpx_name\" class=\"ig_es_form_field_name\" placeholder=\"\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><\/div><div class=\"es-field-wrap\"><label>Email*<br \/><input class=\"es_required_field es_txt_email ig_es_form_field_email\" type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"\" required=\"required\" \/><\/label><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_form_id\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"es\" value=\"subscribe\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_form_identifier\" value=\"f0-n1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page\" value=\"3148\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es_email_page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/revolutionize-sitecore-development-by-using-the-power-of-docker\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_status\" value=\"Unconfirmed\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"esfpx_es-subscribe\" id=\"es-subscribe-6a5462aa515f4\" value=\"15c9239884\" \/>\n\t\t\t<label style=\"position:absolute;top:-99999px;left:-99999px;z-index:-99;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span hidden>Please leave this field empty.<\/span><input type=\"email\" name=\"esfpx_es_hp_email\" class=\"es_required_field\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"-1\" value=\"\" \/><\/label><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" class=\"es_subscription_form_submit es_submit_button es_textbox_button\" id=\"es_subscription_form_submit_6a5462aa515f4\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><span class=\"es_spinner_image\" id=\"spinner-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/email-subscribers\/lite\/public\/images\/spinner.gif\" alt=\"Loading\" \/><\/span><\/form><span class=\"es_subscription_message \" id=\"es_subscription_message_6a5462aa515f4\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitecore CMS is quickly gaining popularity as it has the ability to cater to mid-market commercials, non-profit organizations, government organizations, large enterprises and etc. that need integration, scalability or enterprise level functionality. 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