Azure Container Instances: February updates
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Azure Container Instances now includes support for running containerized tasks. Here are the updates for February 2018:
* DNS name labels for containers: Configure a reliable endpoint for each container by placing a DNS name label through the [REST API](https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/container-instances/containergroups/createorupdate#IpAddress) or [Azure CLI 2.0](https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/container?view=azure-cli-latest#az%5Fcontainer%5Fcreate).
> `az container create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name myalpine --image alpine:latest --ports 80 443 --dns-name-label contoso`
* [Streaming container logs with Azure CLI 2.0](https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/container?view=azure-cli-latest#az%5Fcontainer%5Fattach): Read your container state and log output by attaching to your container from Azure CLI 2.0.
> `az container attach --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name myalpine`
* [Container restart policies](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-instances/container-instances-restart-policy#container-restart-policy): Designate containers to always restart, restart only on failure, or never restart.
* Various volume types for mounting: Mount [Azure Files](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-instances/container-instances-volume-azure-files), [gitRepo](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-instances/container-instances-volume-gitrepo), [emptyDir](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-instances/container-instances-volume-emptydir), and [secret](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-instances/container-instances-volume-secret) volumes.
* Guidance on container failures: Error messages provided for container instance failures have been refined and extended to improve self-debugging.
* [Support for the Southeast Asia region](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/container-instances/container-instances-quotas#region-availability): Deploy container instances from Southeast Asia in addition to East US, West US, and West Europe.
For more information, see the [product documentation](https://aka.ms/acidocs).
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