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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 18.x

By : Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker
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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 18.x

By: Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker

Overview of this book

Docker containers have revolutionized the software supply chain in small and big enterprises. Never before has a new technology so rapidly penetrated the top 500 enterprises worldwide. Companies that embrace containers and containerize their traditional mission-critical applications have reported savings of at least 50% in total maintenance cost and a reduction of 90% (or more) of the time required to deploy new versions of those applications. Furthermore they are benefitting from increased security just by using containers as opposed to running applications outside containers. This book starts from scratch, introducing you to Docker fundamentals and setting up an environment to work with it. Then we delve into concepts such as Docker containers, Docker images, Docker Compose, and so on. We will also cover the concepts of deployment, orchestration, networking, and security. Furthermore, we explain Docker functionalities on public clouds such as AWS. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience working with Docker containers and orchestrators such as SwarmKit and Kubernetes.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

A short peek into Azure’s container offerings


To play with Microsoft's container-related offerings in Azure, we need an account on Azure. You can create a trial account or use an existing account. Get your trial account here at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.

Microsoft offers different container-related services on Azure. Probably the easiest one to use is the Azure Container Instances, which promises the fastest and simplest way to run a container in Azure, without having to provision any virtual machines and without having to adopt a higher-level service. This service is only really useful if you want to run a single container in a hosted environment. The set up is quite easy. In the Azure portal (portal.azure.com), first create a new resource group and then create an Azure container instance. You only need to fill out a short form with properties such as the name of the container, the image to use, and the port to open. The container can be made available on a public or private...