As we enter the pilot phase of our Enterprise container adoption, we begin with a clean slate. Informed by our experience from the proof of concept, we will begin to make some long-term design decisions regarding our Docker Enterprise platform. The goal here is to have a platform ready for internal pilot deployments. Not all of the rigging is necessary for a full-blown production application, but more of an internal development platform that is ready to support multiple in-house application development teams.
In this chapter, we will get started with the pilot phase and walk through the design, configuration, and build of a Docker Enterprise pilot cluster. Before we are ready to make any design decisions regarding the pilot platform, however, we will need to review some important Docker concepts related to networking. Additionally...