Managing the Transition to Containerization in a Legacy Environment

It is well known that portability, efficiency, scalability, simplified management, and isolation are significant benefits of moving to containers. However, some realities have a long track record and are inherently slow in technological evolution. These realities make this transition particularly difficult. Furthermore, where developers and systems engineers are two wholly separate and distinct entities, the concept of DevOps does not always fit into the organizational chart of the enterprise. This paper will explain how this process was possible in our company, overcoming the technical, structural, and organizational obstacles that arose, by dividing this transition into two steps