Reliable Collections within Docker container

[dzoech]

Is it possible to use Reliable Collections within a Docker container hosted by Service Fabric (Windows or Linux)?

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• Content: Introduction to Reliable Collections in Azure Service Fabric stateful services
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[mimckitt]

Thanks for the question! We are investigating and will update you shortly.

[mimckitt]

@dzoech yes you can do this. However it is limited to Windows Clusters at the moment. See the following:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-containers-overview
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-services-inside-containers

I will close this but if you have further questions let me know and we can always reopen and continue the discussion.

[dzoech]

Thank you for the quick reply!

I still have some questions and would be grateful if you could clear them up.

The linked documentation states it requires Windows Server 2016. Am I correct in the assumption that it is not possible to use Reliable Collections on a semi-annual release, for instance 1803 or 1809 (name in portal: WindowsServerSemiAnnual Datacenter-Core-1803-with-Containers)?

Does it require the Server Core base image like it is demonstrated here or can Reliable Collections also be used from a Nano Server image?

[mimckitt]

You should also be able to use the nano version as it falls under the 2016 sku.

[mimckitt]

I will close this but if you have further questions let me know and we can always reopen and continue the discussion. :)

[dzoech]

@MicahMcKittrick-MSFT Yes, I'd be grateful if you could answer my first question :)

The linked documentation states it requires Windows Server 2016. Am I correct in the assumption that it is not possible to use Reliable Collections on a semi-annual release, for instance 1803 or 1809 (name in portal: WindowsServerSemiAnnual Datacenter-Core-1803-with-Containers)?

[mimckitt]

I will double check to confirm and update.

[mimckitt]

@athinanthny can you confirm or deny on this?

[dzoech]

@MicahMcKittrick-MSFT are there any updates on my question? :/

[mimckitt]

@dzoech I should hear back this week. Many product group members were out all last week for Microsoft Ignite. So everyone is back and getting through emails. I am still following up :)

[mimckitt]

I am still working to 100% confirm, however we do believe that the newer versions of the OS should work. However we don't have much testing in place to completely confirm on that. So if you are interested in giving it a go, it should work. I have tested the nano images but not the server core version. So we believe it should work but again haven't tested that specific version. We will attempt a test at some point but all in all you might want to simply give it a try in the meantime as well. I will update as I hear from from the Product Team as well.

[dzoech]

Thank you for your effort.

I have tested the nano images

Do I understand this correctly that you tested the nano images on a semi-annual release (1803) and you were able to use Reliable Collections?

I will try to find time to test and experiment with them myself.

[mimckitt]

@dzoech I have heard back from the Reliable Collections Product Team:

"The feature is GA on Windows and supported on all OS versions supported by Microsoft starting with windows server 2016. This feature is not supported on linux."

So it will work on the images in question :)

[mimckitt]

@dzoech I will close this out as we have confirmed with PG. Let me know if you have further questions :)

[dzoech]

@MicahMcKittrick-MSFT Thank you very much for clearing this up for me :)