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Mastering Docker, Fourth Edition - Fourth Edition

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Mastering Docker, Fourth Edition - Fourth Edition

Overview of this book

Docker has been a game changer when it comes to how modern applications are deployed and created. It has now grown into a key driver of innovation beyond system administration, with a significant impact on the world of web development. Mastering Docker shows you how you can ensure that you're keeping up with the innovations it's driving and be sure you're using it to its full potential. This fourth edition not only demonstrates how to use Docker more effectively but also helps you rethink and reimagine what you can achieve with it. You'll start by building, managing, and storing images along with exploring best practices for working with Docker confidently. Once you've got to grips with Docker security, the book covers essential concepts for extending and integrating Docker in new and innovative ways. You'll also learn how to take control of your containers efficiently using Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes. By the end of this Docker book, you’ll have a broad yet detailed sense of what's possible with Docker and how seamlessly it fits in with a range of other platforms and tools.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Up and Running with Docker
8
Section 2: Clusters and Clouds
16
Section 3: Best Practices

Summary

In this chapter, we have looked at how we can deploy our Docker containers into services offered by the three leading public cloud providers using their container-only services. The services we looked at all approach both the deployment and management of containers in very different ways, from the fully managed Docker-based web app in Azure app services to AWS' own clustering service Amazon ECS.

The differences between all of these services are quite important as it means that if you want to use them, then you are tied to just the one cloud provider. While in most cases, that shouldn't be too much of a problem, it could in the long term end up limiting you.

In the next chapter (and in subsequent chapters), we will explore one of the most exciting services to arrive on the scene since Docker: Kubernetes.