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Add to SafariWhen comparing Docker Compose vs OpenShift, the Slant community recommends Docker Compose for most people. In the question“What are the best Docker orchestration tools?” Docker Compose is ranked 4th while OpenShift is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Docker Compose is:
All that's needed to setup a multi-container application with Compose is a single file configuration file. Finally the application can be spun up with only a single command.
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Pros
Pro Easy setup
All that's needed to setup a multi-container application with Compose is a single file configuration file. Finally the application can be spun up with only a single command.
Pro Great for local development
Docker-compose isn't really meant (yet) for distributed deployment, but using it to deploy a website locally for testing is awesome. You could use it, with care (like handling faults), on a single server as well.
Pro Small learning curve
Learning to use OpenShift is pretty easy. Most environments can be set up in a few simple steps and for everything else the official documentation and third-party resources are extremely helpful.
Pro Built-in continuous integration
Continuous integration is not only built-in OpenShift, it's actually a standard part the workflow.
Pro Can be used to introduce specialized tasks through the application hosted on it
Because of its high flexibility and customization power, OpenShift can be used to create specialized tasks for the application being hosted on it. For example, an entire array of dynos (also known as gears) can be dedicated to media transcoding in order to build a custom media converter infrastructure.
Cons
Con More geared towards development
No really made for production.
Con Not ready for production yet
While Compose is very good for staging servers, CI and development environments, it's still not ready for production and it's not recommended to be used in production yet.
Con Official customer support is lacking
OpenShift seems to rely more on written documentation and on the community to solve any problem users may have. The forums and IRC channel are active and very helpful, but the official customer support could be better.
