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Docker Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Ken Cochrane, Jeeva S. Chelladhurai, Neependra K Khare
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Book Image

Docker Cookbook - Second Edition

2 (1)
By: Ken Cochrane, Jeeva S. Chelladhurai, Neependra K Khare

Overview of this book

Docker is an open source tool used for creating, deploying, and running applications using containers. With more than 100 self-contained tutorials, this book examines common pain points and best practices for developers building distributed applications with Docker. Each recipe in this book addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best practice solution with insights into how it works, so that you can modify the code and configuration files to suit your needs. The Docker Cookbook begins by guiding you in setting up Docker in different environments and explains how to work with its containers and images. You’ll understand Docker orchestration, networking, security, and hosting platforms for effective collaboration and efficient deployment. The book also covers tips and tricks and new Docker features that support a range of other cloud offerings. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to package and deploy end-to-end distributed applications with Docker and be well-versed with best practice solutions for common development problems.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Finding help with the Docker command line

Docker commands are well documented, and can be referred to whenever needed. Lots of documentation is available online as well, but it might differ from the documentation for the Docker version you are running.

Getting ready

First, install Docker on your system.

How to do it...

  1. On a Linux-based system, you can use the man command to find help, as follows:
    $ man docker
  1. Subcommand-specific help can also be found with either of the following commands:
    $ man docker ps
$ man docker-ps

How it works...

The man command uses the man pages installed by the Docker package to provide help.

See also