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Docker Turns To Minecraft For Server Ops (sdtimes.com)

Posted by timothy on from the bleep-bloop-blip-blip dept.

dmleonard618 writes: A new GitHub project is allowing software teams to construct software like Legos. DockerCraft is a Minecraft mod that lets administrators handle and deploy servers within Minecraft. What makes this project really interesting is that it lets you navigate through server stacks in a 3D space. "In today's world, we wanted to focus more on building. Minecraft has emerged as the sandbox game of the decade, so we chose to use that as our visual interface to Docker," Docker wrote in a blog.

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  1. Uh oh by dorix · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is all well and good until a rogue creeper blows up half of your servers.

  2. It's a UNIX system... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know this!

  3. Re:Minecraft has emerged as the sandbox game of th by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'll just have to wait a few years and find out for yourself.

  4. Re:Minecraft has emerged as the sandbox game of th by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's it like having the brain of a 10 year old?

    Its great, I keep it in a jar on the shelf.

    --
    I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
  5. Re:Minecraft has emerged as the sandbox game of th by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah - forget Minecraft as a sysadmin tool... let's bring back PSDOOM!

    (just don't kill the init monster! )

    --
    Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?