Docker.github.io: Are nodes being replaced by Swarm?

[DanJ210]

File: docker-cloud/getting-started/your_first_node.md, CC @londoncalling

I don't see a node area that is explained in the above tutorial doc. That is, until I turned off swarm mode... So should I be looking at working with swarm instead of nodes?

[londoncalling]

@DanJ210 Hi!

Yes, you either have to _turn off swarm mode_ to work through the legacy tutorial cluster workflow you referenced: https://docs.docker.com/docker-cloud/getting-started/your_first_node/

Or

_turn on swarm mode_ and follow steps here for either or both cloud providers:

• Create a new swarm on Amazon Web Services in Docker Cloud
• Create a new swarm on Microsoft Azure in Docker Cloud

Strongly recommend the second option, working through the Swarm mode steps ^^, as this is better optimized and the direction we are going in general. The overview for that whole set of topics is here, Swarms in Docker Cloud (Beta).

I believe that even if you have linked providers on non-Swarm mode, you have to re-link them in Swarm mode but I'm not sure about that. (I had them linked in Swarm mode, but when I switched to non-Swarm I needed to re-link them.)

In the meantime, while testing non-Swarm mode clusters, I realize our steps for AWS policy and role creation need to be updated per their new UI's. We updated the Swarm mode steps, but not the original, so I'll work on that today. Let me know if you have any other questions, and how it goes. Try to bear with us as we juggle the old documentation to map to Cloud as it evolves. Thanks for the questions/feedback!

[DanJ210]

@londoncalling I appreciate the info and the links. I appreciate all of the documentation as well it has been extremely helpful. I will go with your suggestion and continue with Swarm since that's the direction things are going.

Thanks for the quick response!

[londoncalling]

@DanJ210 Thank you, that's really nice to hear! Have a good weekend.