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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

PoC application

Now that our PoC platform is installed and ready for PoC workloads, it is time to prepare a Docker Enterprise workload.

In this section, we will do the following:

  • Pick a PoC application
  • Install Docker locally
  • Containerize and test the application on our local workstation
  • Push the application to the PoC's DTR
  • Deploy the application to the Docker Enterprise cluster

Picking a PoC application

Picking the right application for a Docker PoC can be challenging. First of all, keep in mind that the overall timeline for containerizing the application should be about three days. This timebox constraint is really important in order to keep the POC moving along. Secondly, there are a couple of fundamental competing...