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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

Summary

In this chapter, we've provided you with some pointers for where you can take your cloud skills to next. This has included looking at scanning tools such as Anchore, reviewing metric-gathering platforms such as Datadog, and looking briefly at some of the features offered by the major cloud providers.

These cloud platforms included AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP. Each of these companies also provide a number of other cloud-based container infrastructure products you may wish to explore further.

We hope this high-level overview has provided you with some thoughtful insights on how to apply these skills to your own projects. Each topic in this chapter should act as a jumping-off point to explore each tool further, or provide you with the basics to start experimenting with monitoring in a cloud-based container environment. For those of you working with local projects, tools such as Docker stats and cAdvisor will provide a handy mechanism for monitoring container performance...