Docker makes it easy to containerize existing applications and run them on arbitrary machines. Kubernetes takes it to the next level by offering fast and easy container orchestration at runtime.

Containerization has been common practice in the Linux world for years, but recently, developers on the Microsoft stack have jumped on the Docker bandwagon too. That is all nice and dandy for .NET Core applications that are easily deployable in Docker on Linux, but what if you have a real-time maritime simulator running on Win32 and .NET software that has to be cloudified and run as a Software as a Service offering on-demand?

Last year schools and maritime training institutes had to close their doors when the COVID19 pandemic hit. We had a platform running another simulator in the cloud and a Win32 and .NET software maritime navigation simulator that we wanted to offer as a service

In this presentation, I’ll share the journey of our team in turning an on-premise maritime navigation simulator into a full-blown cloud-native service, with a newly designed UI including a radar video stream and interactive charts, while making sure it still runs on-premise. It surely can be done!