From 5eb33460e6375c22d96508934537b661f9dfd639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Solomon Hykes Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:22:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clearer explanation in README --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f3ae94c317..2b5d354bf1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -## Swarm: a clustering system that speaks the Docker API +## Swarm: a Docker-native clustering system ![Docker Swarm Logo](logo.png?raw=true "Docker Swarm Logo") -`swarm` is a simple tool which can control all machines in your distributed system using a variety of backend adaptors, and exposes it on a single, unified endpoint. +`swarm` is a simple tool which controls a cluster of Docker hosts and exposes it as a single "virtual" host. `swarm` uses the standard Docker API as its frontend, which means any tool which speaks Docker can control swarmd transparently: dokku, fig, krane, flynn, deis, docker-ui, shipyard, drone.io, Jenkins... and of course the Docker client itself.