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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

Securing your containers using Azure

Azure is Microsoft's flagship cloud service and provides a number of tools you can use to deploy and monitor Docker containers. This section assumes some familiarity with both Azure and the Log Analytics service.

Container monitoring in Azure

Microsoft's Container Monitoring solution provides a mechanism to manage Docker and Windows hosts from a single place and supports Kubernetes and Docker Swarm, both of which have been discussed in this book.

If you are already using Microsoft's AKS service, you may be familiar with the monitoring services available on the AKS page, however, it is also possible to monitor containers across your whole Microsoft infrastructure in Azure.

To enable the monitoring of your containers, you will need to start by enabling the feature by adding it to Log Analytics. You can do this by clicking the GET IT NOW button on the Azure Marketplace website:

https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en...