Using Docker to Scale Operational Intelligence at Splunk
Explore how Splunk leveraged Docker Enterprise Edition to revolutionize their infrastructure and testing capabilities in this 37-minute conference talk. Discover the journey of Splunk's Infrastructure Engineering Team as they tackled the challenges of managing sprawling virtual machines and physical servers while meeting the demands of petabyte-scale testing. Learn about the architecture, tooling, and frameworks built to manage workloads across 600 bare-metal servers and thousands of daily container creations. Gain insights into the decision-making process behind choosing Docker, including its support for Windows, Role Based Access Control, and unified orchestration platform and container engine. Witness a demonstration of how Splunk utilizes its own technology to monitor and manage Docker Enterprise Edition. Delve into lessons learned from operating at scale, and understand the CICD workflow implemented to streamline operations.