DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling

DevPod for Dev Containers

May 26, 2023 / 01:01:54/E132 Download MP3

Bret is joined by Lukas Gentele and Rich Burroughs from Loft Labs to look at a new project called DevPod, that supports dev containers and VMs. It works with local Docker instances and AWS, GCP, Azure, and several other cloud providers. The project is compatible with Microsoft's DevContainer standard, which means it works with the VC Code standalone app and VS Code in the browser.

Lukas and Rich were on this show last year, showing off vcluster, which allows you to run a full Kubernetes cluster inside an existing Kubernetes namespace. In this episode, we announce the release of DevPod and also go through some demos. I'm already thinking of how I might use it in my own developer workflow.

Live recording of the complete show from May 16, 2023 is on YouTube (Ep. #216). Includes demos.

★Topics★
DevPod website
DevPod on Twitter

(00:00) - Intro
(02:49) - Introducing the guests
(03:39) - Loft Labs and VCluster
(05:46) - Introducing DevPod
(10:39) - Why CLI plus GUI?
(13:16) - DevPod use case
(15:30) - Options for IDEs and port forwarding
(18:20) - Using the Microsoft VS Code dev containers features
(21:14) - Create dev environments locally or remotely
(27:47) - Turning it on and off without having to go to the infrastructure
(49:13) - How to get DevPod
(50:00) - What's next? Share feedback.
(57:12) - This is not a production deployment tool
(01:01:27) - Wrap-up

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Bret Fisher

Cloud native DevOps Dude. Course creator, YouTuber, Podcaster. Docker Captain and CNCF Ambassador. People person who spends too much time in front of a computer.