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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By : Justin Menga
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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By: Justin Menga

Overview of this book

Over the last few years, Docker has been the gold standard for building and distributing container applications. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leader in public cloud computing, and was the first to offer a managed container platform in the form of the Elastic Container Service (ECS). Docker on Amazon Web Services starts with the basics of containers, Docker, and AWS, before teaching you how to install Docker on your local machine and establish access to your AWS account. You'll then dig deeper into the ECS, a native container management platform provided by AWS that simplifies management and operation of your Docker clusters and applications for no additional cost. Once you have got to grips with the basics, you'll solve key operational challenges, including secrets management and auto-scaling your infrastructure and applications. You'll explore alternative strategies for deploying and running your Docker applications on AWS, including Fargate and ECS Service Discovery, Elastic Beanstalk, Docker Swarm and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). In addition to this, there will be a strong focus on adopting an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach using AWS CloudFormation. By the end of this book, you'll not only understand how to run Docker on AWS, but also be able to build real-world, secure, and scalable container platforms in the cloud.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Questions


 

  1. True/false: A valid credit card is required to establish a free AWS account.
  2. True/false: You should always perform administrative actions using the root account.
  3. True/false: You should allocate IAM permissions directly to your IAM users and/or groups.
  4. Which IAM managed policy would you use to assign administrative permissions?
  5. What command do you run to install the AWS CLI?
  6. True/false: When you configure the AWS CLI, you must store your IAM username and password locally.
  7. Where do you store credentials for the AWS CLI?
  8. You set up an IAM user that requires MFA to perform administrative actions. The IAM user sets up their AWS CLI but complains about unauthorized errors when attempt to run AWS CLI commands. The named profile includes the source_profilerole_arn, and role_session_name parameters, and you confirm that these are configured correctly. How would you fix this issue?
  9. True/false: CloudFormation templates can be written using JSON or YAML.
  10. True/false: You can use the !Ref keyword...