Docker blocker: Container crew takes on The 1%... of anonymous download whales

Container-flinger Docker has offered further details on why it has changed the terms of service for its Hub service, blaming 1 per cent of its users for making trouble for the rest of us. The latest explainer addresses Docker’s rate-limited plans for container image pulls. “In determining why rate limits were necessary and …

[tip pc]

Bummer

i do hope Docker find a new better way of funding themselves as its a great resource.

Makes trying new things far easier and reliable.

Maybe they can do an online hosting solution or something for a small monthly fee?

[MatthewSt]

Caching

I wouldn't be surprised if the large volume of anonymous downloads come from build servers that aren't caching base layers (or are having their caches cleared between builds)

[Kevin McMurtrie]

Anonymous rate limiting?

How do you rate-limit anonymous manifest requests?

Other than that, forcing moderately heavy users onto a $5/month plan doesn't seem like much of a burden. Clever auto-scaling cloud users could even avoid that by starting from an image that has already done the pulls.