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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)
Free Chapter
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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

Summary

In the last 5 years, containers have come out of obscurity and into the spotlight across the software industry and DevOps. The profound organizational impact of containers spans software developers, IT admins, DevOps engineers, architects, and executives alike. From the beginning, Docker, Inc. has been at the center of the container movement and remains committed to the long term success by supporting industry standards, the open source community, and most recently enterprise customers with a Kubernetes-capable Docker Enterprise 2. 

In the next 5 years, the enterprise adoption of containers will blossom. Subsequently, most organizations will begin looking for an enterprise-grade solution that balances cost and security with speed and leading-edge platform features. Docker Enterprise's single pane of glass for hybrid cloud and on-premises clusters, along...