This chapter focused on the operations side of running Dockerized solutions. I showed you how to use existing management tools with Docker containers and how that can be useful for investigation and debugging. The main focus was on a new way of administering and monitoring applications—using UCP to manage all kinds of workloads in the same way.
You learned how to use existing Windows management tools, such as IIS Manager and Server Manager, to administer Docker containers, and you also learned about the limitations of this approach. Sticking with the tools you know can be useful when you start with Docker, but dedicated container management tools are a better option.
I covered two open source options to manage containers: the simple visualizer and the more advanced Portainer. Both run as containers and connect to the Docker API, and they are cross-platform apps packaged in Linux and Windows Docker images.
Lastly, I walked you through the products in Docker EE used to manage production...