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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By : Justin Menga
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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By: Justin Menga

Overview of this book

Over the last few years, Docker has been the gold standard for building and distributing container applications. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leader in public cloud computing, and was the first to offer a managed container platform in the form of the Elastic Container Service (ECS). Docker on Amazon Web Services starts with the basics of containers, Docker, and AWS, before teaching you how to install Docker on your local machine and establish access to your AWS account. You'll then dig deeper into the ECS, a native container management platform provided by AWS that simplifies management and operation of your Docker clusters and applications for no additional cost. Once you have got to grips with the basics, you'll solve key operational challenges, including secrets management and auto-scaling your infrastructure and applications. You'll explore alternative strategies for deploying and running your Docker applications on AWS, including Fargate and ECS Service Discovery, Elastic Beanstalk, Docker Swarm and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). In addition to this, there will be a strong focus on adopting an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach using AWS CloudFormation. By the end of this book, you'll not only understand how to run Docker on AWS, but also be able to build real-world, secure, and scalable container platforms in the cloud.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Questions


  1. True/false: Docker Swarm is a native feature of the Docker Engine.
  2. What Docker client command do you use to create a service?
  3. True/false: Docker Swarm includes three node types—manager, worker, and agent.
  4. True/false: Docker for AWS provides integration with AWS application load balancers.
  5. True/false: The Cloudstor AWS volume plugin creates an EFS-backed volume when the backing is set to relocatable.
  6. True/false: You create a database service that uses the Cloudstor AWS volume plugin to provide an EBS-backed volume that is located in the availability zone us-west-1a. A failure occurs and a new database service container is created in the availability zone us-west-1b. In this scenario, the original EBS volume will be reattached to the new database service container.
  7. What is the flag you need to append to Docker Stack deploy and Docker service create commands to integrate with private Docker registries?
  8. You deploy a stack that downloads an image from ECR. The first deployment succeeds, however...