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Docker for Developers

By : Richard Bullington-McGuire, Andrew K. Dennis, Michael Schwartz
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Book Image

Docker for Developers

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By: Richard Bullington-McGuire, Andrew K. Dennis, Michael Schwartz

Overview of this book

Docker is the de facto standard for containerizing apps, and with an increasing number of software projects migrating to containers, it is crucial for engineers and DevOps teams to understand how to build, deploy, and secure Docker environments effectively. Docker for Developers will help you understand Docker containers from scratch while taking you through best practices and showing you how to address security concerns. Starting with an introduction to Docker, you’ll learn how to use containers and VirtualBox for development. You’ll explore how containers work and develop projects within them after you’ve explored different ways to deploy and run containers. The book will also show you how to use Docker containers in production in both single-host set-ups and in clusters and deploy them using Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Spinnaker. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with monitoring, securing, and scaling Docker using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. Later, you’ll be able to deploy Docker containers to a variety of environments, including the cloud-native Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), before finally delving into Docker security concepts and best practices. By the end of the Docker book, you’ll be able to not only work in a container-driven environment confidently but also use Docker for both new and existing projects.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Section 1: An Introduction to Docker – Containers and Local Development
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Section 2: Running Docker in Production
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Section 3: Docker Security – Securing Your Containers

Securing your containers using GCP

Google offers a number of tools for monitoring containers in both Anthos and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

For those unfamiliar with Google's offerings, Anthos is a platform that is designed for hybrid and multi-cloud deployment and allows you, among other features, to deploy container-oriented platforms such as Kubernetes. GKE is Google's enterprise-grade Kubernetes platform offered via Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and can be thought of as a rival to Amazon's EKS. Googles Container Registry is a platform for storing images that can be reused across your projects.

For the following sections, it is assumed that you have some prior knowledge of GCP. If you would like to know more about getting started with GCP, please visit the following link:

https://cloud.google.com/gcp/getting-started

Let's start by looking at container security in GCP.

Container Analysis and Binary Authorization in GCP

A useful feature that...