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Docker for Developers

By : Richard Bullington-McGuire, Andrew K. Dennis, Michael Schwartz
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Book Image

Docker for Developers

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By: Richard Bullington-McGuire, Andrew K. Dennis, Michael Schwartz

Overview of this book

Docker is the de facto standard for containerizing apps, and with an increasing number of software projects migrating to containers, it is crucial for engineers and DevOps teams to understand how to build, deploy, and secure Docker environments effectively. Docker for Developers will help you understand Docker containers from scratch while taking you through best practices and showing you how to address security concerns. Starting with an introduction to Docker, you’ll learn how to use containers and VirtualBox for development. You’ll explore how containers work and develop projects within them after you’ve explored different ways to deploy and run containers. The book will also show you how to use Docker containers in production in both single-host set-ups and in clusters and deploy them using Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Spinnaker. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with monitoring, securing, and scaling Docker using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana. Later, you’ll be able to deploy Docker containers to a variety of environments, including the cloud-native Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), before finally delving into Docker security concepts and best practices. By the end of the Docker book, you’ll be able to not only work in a container-driven environment confidently but also use Docker for both new and existing projects.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Section 1: An Introduction to Docker – Containers and Local Development
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Section 2: Running Docker in Production
14
Section 3: Docker Security – Securing Your Containers

Visualizing operational data with Grafana

Prometheus is often deployed with Grafana (https://grafana.com/) to provide sophisticated dashboards and a more sophisticated UI for monitoring. The installation of Kubernetes from the AWS EKS Quick Start includes Grafana, configured with a few dashboards. Let's explore the Grafana installation and see how it integrates with Prometheus.

Gaining access to Grafana

The Grafana installation is exposed by default over a Kubernetes LoadBalancer, which in EKS creates an AWS EC2-Classic Elastic Load Balancer (ELB). Find out what address it is listening on, as follows. Look in the EXTERNAL-IP field for the actual DNS name of the ELB:

$ kubectl -n grafana get service
NAME      TYPE           CLUSTER-IP    EXTERNAL-IP                    ...