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Mastering Docker Enterprise

By : Mark Panthofer
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Mastering Docker Enterprise

By: Mark Panthofer

Overview of this book

While known mostly as the open source engine behind tens of millions of server nodes, Docker also offers commercially supported enterprise tooling known as the Docker Enterprise. This platform leverages the deep roots from Docker Engine - Community (formerly Docker CE) and Kubernetes, but adds support and tooling to efficiently operate a secure container platform at scale. With hundreds of enterprises on board, best practices and adoption patterns are emerging rapidly. These learning points can be used to inform adopters and help manage the enterprise transformation associated with enterprise container adoption. This book starts by explaining the case for Docker Enterprise, as well as its structure and reference architecture. From there, we progress through the PoC,pilot and production stages as a working model for adoption, evolving the platform’s design and configuration for each stage and using detailed application examples along the way to clarify and demonstrate important concepts.The book concludes with Docker’s impact on other emerging software technologies, such as Blockchain and Serverless computing. By the end of this book, you’ll have a better understanding of what it takes to get your enterprise up and running with Docker Enterprise and beyond.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Started with Docker Enterprise
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Section 2: Piloting Docker Enterprise
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Section 3: In Production with Docker Enterprise

How Docker Enterprise 2.0 has changed the game

In April of 2018, Docker Enterprise 2.0 was a release. In this release, Docker added support for Kubernetes. Not some wrapped or repackaged version, but the real open source version. The advantage of running Kubernetes on Docker Enterprise 2.0 is simplicity. With Docker Enterprise 2.0, the universal control plane includes pre-installed Kubernetes, which runs alongside Swarm. This means that enterprises do not need to choose between Kubernetes and Swarm; they can have them both. This is a big deal for organizations that need to deal with both pockets of advanced microservice applications and simpler n-tier traditional applications. With Docker Enterprise 2.0, microservice teams are free get their Kube on, while the rest of the teams get up to speed with Swarm. Also, it allows an enterprise to handle a more manageable learning curve...