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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
14
Section 3: Docker Security – Securing Your Containers

Preface

Software engineering teams are rapidly adopting containers to package and deploy their software. Providing a platform-agnostic experience, containers allow you to run applications with a variety of operating system images and to deploy on-premises, in data centers, and in the cloud. In order to support container-based applications, vendors have developed a wide variety of tools, ranging from Docker and Google's Kubernetes project to Lyft's Envoy service mesh and Netflix's Spinnaker. Whether you are working on the software development side of the house, hosting, and infrastructure, or constructing DevOps pipelines, you need both a broad and in-depth understanding of many concepts in order to manage container-based environments.

In Docker for Developers, we will start with a walk-through of the basics of developing with containers locally using Docker, and then move on to deploying production-ready, cloud-hosted systems with AWS. If you are interested in learning about container orchestration, deployment, monitoring, and security, then we think you will enjoy this book.