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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)
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Section 1: Getting Up and Running with Docker
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Section 2: Clusters and Clouds
16
Section 3: Best Practices

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure, or Windows Azure as it started life as, is Microsoft's entry into the public cloud. It offers a mixture of the software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) services. It began life as an internal Microsoft project with the codename of Project Red Dog around 2005. Project Red Dog was a continuation of the Red Dog OS, which was a fork of the Windows operating system, which was focused on delivering data center services using core Windows components.

The service that was publicly announced at the Microsoft Developer conference in 2008 was made up of five core services:

  • Windows Azure: Allows users to spin up and manage compute instances, storage, and various networking services.
  • Microsoft SQL Data Services: A cloud version of the Microsoft SQL database.
  • Microsoft .NET services: Services that would allow you to deploy your .NET instance to the cloud without having to worry about...