HPE Express Containers

  • Introduction

  • Release notes

  • Solution overview

  • Solution components

  • Preparing the environment

  • Configuring the core components

  • Overview of the playbooks

  • Deploying core components

  • Post deployment

  • Configuring Storage

  • Deploying Windows workers

  • Deploying Sysdig monitoring

  • Deploying Splunk

  • Deploying Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes

  • Deploying Prometheus and Grafana on Docker Swarm

  • Backup and restore

  • Solution lifecycle management

  • Appendices

Welcome to HPE Express Containers with Docker Enterprise Edition on HPE SimpliVity

HPE Express Containers with Docker Enterprise Edition on HPE SimpliVity is a complete solution from Hewlett Packard Enterprise that includes all the hardware, software, professional services, and support you need to deploy a Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform, allowing you to get up and running quickly and efficiently.

The latest release deploys Docker EE 2.1 with Kubernetes 1.11

New features include:

  • Full deployment of the Prometheus/Grafana stack (including node-exporter and kube-state-metrics) on Kubernetes, using Prometheus Operator
  • Docker UCP metrics for Kubernetes in standalone Prometheus deployment
  • Updated Sysdig deployment for Kubernetes 1.11
  • Updated NFS Provisioner for Kubernetes 1.11 RBAC
  • Validation of Kubernetes install, featuring a WordPress and MySQL deployment with persistent storage using the NFS Provisioner
  • Playbooks for installing and configuring kubectl and the UCP client bundle
  • Support for Helm charts, with 2 sample charts for validation purposes
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