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Mastering Docker, Fourth Edition - Fourth Edition

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Mastering Docker, Fourth Edition - Fourth Edition

Overview of this book

Docker has been a game changer when it comes to how modern applications are deployed and created. It has now grown into a key driver of innovation beyond system administration, with a significant impact on the world of web development. Mastering Docker shows you how you can ensure that you're keeping up with the innovations it's driving and be sure you're using it to its full potential. This fourth edition not only demonstrates how to use Docker more effectively but also helps you rethink and reimagine what you can achieve with it. You'll start by building, managing, and storing images along with exploring best practices for working with Docker confidently. Once you've got to grips with Docker security, the book covers essential concepts for extending and integrating Docker in new and innovative ways. You'll also learn how to take control of your containers efficiently using Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes. By the end of this Docker book, you’ll have a broad yet detailed sense of what's possible with Docker and how seamlessly it fits in with a range of other platforms and tools.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Up and Running with Docker
8
Section 2: Clusters and Clouds
16
Section 3: Best Practices

Chapter 9: Portainer – A GUI for Docker

In this chapter, we will take a look at Portainer. Portainer is a tool that allows you to manage Docker resources from a web interface.

As Portainer itself is distributed in containers, it is simple to install and you can run it anywhere you can launch a container, making it the perfect interface for those who would prefer to not manage their containers using the command line as we have been doing in the previous chapters.

In this chapter, we will be covering the following topics:

  • The road to Portainer
  • Getting Portainer up and running
  • Using Portainer
  • Portainer and Docker Swarm