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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

Docker Enterprise reference architecture

Now, we will start to dig into the Docker Enterprise architecture. As we jump in, we need to understand that full adoption can take several months, during which enterprises gain valuable experience as they prepare their production platform. While the Docker Enterprise adoption journey will be discussed in greater detail in a later chapter, it makes sense to introduce the general concept of a phased, agile adoption approach (shown in Figure 4) so that new-comers are not overwhelmed. Let's understand how to best approach adopting any enterprise container technology:

Figure 4 : Agile Adoption Cycles

It is usually best to start with a small, multi-discipline team with the goal of moving a single application from PoC, to pilot, and finally the first application into production. Additionally, the enterprise adoption of containers requires...