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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

Understanding Docker Hub

Although we were introduced to Docker Hub in the previous two chapters, we haven't interacted with it much other than when using the docker image pull command to download remote images.

In this section, we will focus on Docker Hub, which has both a freely available option, where you can only host publicly accessible images, and also a subscription option, which allows you to host your own private images. We will focus on the web aspect of Docker Hub and the management you can do there.

The home page, which can be found at https://hub.docker.com, contains a Sign-Up form and, at the top-right, an option to Sign in. The odds are that if you have been dabbling with Docker, then you already have a Docker ID. If you don't, use the Sign-Up form on the home page to create one. If you already have a Docker ID, then simply click Sign in.

Once logged in, you will be presented with the main Dashboard.

The Docker Hub Dashboard

After logging in to...