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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

Docker Desktop Dashboard

If you are running either Docker for Mac or Docker for Windows, then there is an option within the main menu to open a dashboard that will display information on your running containers:

Figure 4.40 – Opening the Docker Desktop Dashboard

Once open, you should see something like the following screen. As you can see, we have our redis and moby-counter containers listed:

Figure 4.41 – Viewing the running containers

Selecting the redis container will take you to an overview screen that defaults to the Logs output:

Figure 4.42 – Overview screen of the Logs output

Let's start at the top of the screen. To the right here, you can see four blue icons; these are as follows, from left to right:

  • Connect to container: This will open your default Terminal application and connect to the currently selected container.
  • Stop the currently connected container: When...