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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
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Section 3: Docker Security – Securing Your Containers

Chapter 16: Conclusion – End of the Road, but not the Journey

You have now reached the final chapter of this book. Over the previous 15 chapters, a variety of topics have been covered. As you may have noticed, the book was grouped into three areas—development, DevOps with monitoring, and finally security. So, let's take the time to recap what we studied in each area and where we can go next.

First, we will run through an overview of what we learned in the book. Next, a summary of the skills we acquired on the development front will be presented. After this, we will explore where we can go next to learn more about DevOps with containers and expand our newly learned skills. Our penultimate review will consider what we learned about security and how we can stay on top of it. Then, we will finish up with a general conclusion on everything we've studied.

In order to review these items, we've broken them down into the following topics in this chapter:

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