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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

Wrapping up – let's get started

Over the course of this book, we have explored the world of containerization. As the technology becomes ever more ubiquitous in companies and projects across the world, having a solid handle on the basics and the toolsets supporting containers becomes ever more useful.

Before we close the book, we are going to wrap up by reviewing what we have learned on the development front. After this, we will discuss what steps can be taken next to build on your DevOps skills and finally do a quick tour of some security projects that may be of interest.

You may wish to have your project from Chapter 9, Cloud-Native Continuous Deployment Using Spinnaker, ready in order to augment it with some of the recommended projects in this chapter.

Remember you can revisit the source code for setting up this project here:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Docker-for-Developers/tree/master/chapter9

With that said, let's look at what we have learned...