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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
10
Section 3: In Production with Docker Enterprise

Docker Enterprise - an Architectural Overview

As we dive further into the details of Docker Enterprise, it is important to know where it fits within the competitive landscape of enterprise container platform providers. Informing buyers of broad provider categories can help them decide whether Docker Enterprise is the best for their organization. Additionally, we provide an overview of the economics of Docker Enterprise along with key features, architecture, and components to support open, supported products for enterprise customers.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Docker Enterprise's position in the emerging enterprise container platform market
  • The cost/benefit economics of Docker Enterprise's architecture
  • The architectural context of Docker Enterprise
  • The key components of Docker Enterprise
  • Docker Enterprise reference architecture
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