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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 19.x - Second Edition

By : Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker
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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 19.x - Second Edition

By: Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker

Overview of this book

Containers enable you to package an application with all the components it needs, such as libraries and other dependencies, and ship it as one package. Docker containers have revolutionized the software supply chain in both small and large enterprises. Starting with an introduction to Docker fundamentals and setting up an environment to work with it, you’ll delve into concepts such as Docker containers, Docker images, and Docker Compose. As you progress, the book will help you explore deployment, orchestration, networking, and security. Finally, you’ll get to grips with Docker functionalities on public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and learn about Docker Enterprise Edition features. Additionally, you’ll also discover the benefits of increased security with the use of containers. By the end of this Docker book, you’ll be able to build, ship, and run a containerized, highly distributed application on Docker Swarm or Kubernetes, running on-premises or in the cloud.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: Motivation and Getting Started
4
Section 2: Containerization, from Beginner to Black Belt
11
Section 3: Orchestration Fundamentals and Docker Swarm
18
Section 4: Docker, Kubernetes, and the Cloud

Chapter 4

Here are some sample answers to the questions presented in this chapter:

  1. The Dockerfile could look like this:
FROM ubuntu:19.04
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y iputils-ping
CMD ping 127.0.0.1

Note that in Ubuntu, the ping tool is part of the iputils-ping package. Build the image called pinger—for example— with docker image build -t my-pinger

2. The Dockerfile could look like this:

FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk update && \
apk add curl

Build the image with docker image build -t my-alpine:1.0

3. The Dockerfile for a Go application could look like this:

FROM golang:alpine
WORKDIR /app
ADD . /app
RUN cd /app && go build -o goapp
ENTRYPOINT ./goapp

You can find the full solution in the ~/fod/ch04/answer03 folder. 

4. A Docker image...