Container limitations and Licensing Requirements

benji

Hi, I have three questions about containers:

1) Can you run fully on containers once the migration is complete, or do you need to keep around the original “base server” that is not a container?

2) Are there any limitations to the containers compared to a full server?

3) Does creating additional Kubernetes instances of the same environment does not require additional licensing costs?

kairo_Decisions

1 -- Yes, you can fully run a container without the original server.

2 -- Here are a few:

• You cannot use localhost/127.0.0.1
• PowerShell/Python scripts using Windows syntax paths or utilities will fail, since containers run Linux
• Windows Integrated Security and Service accounts as well as SQL authentication aren't supported on containers for the same reason as PowerShell/python limitations

3 -- Each server will need its own license unless they point to the same database and are in a cluster.