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Docker on Windows - Second Edition

By : Elton Stoneman
Book Image

Docker on Windows - Second Edition

By: Elton Stoneman

Overview of this book

Docker on Windows, Second Edition teaches you all you need to know about Docker on Windows, from the 101 to running highly-available workloads in production. You’ll be guided through a Docker journey, starting with the key concepts and simple examples of .NET Framework and .NET Core apps in Docker containers on Windows. Then you’ll learn how to use Docker to modernize the architecture and development of traditional ASP.NET and SQL Server apps. The examples show you how to break up legacy monolithic applications into distributed apps and deploy them to a clustered environment in the cloud, using the exact same artifacts you use to run them locally. You’ll see how to build a CI/CD pipeline which uses Docker to compile, package, test and deploy your applications. To help you move confidently to production, you’ll learn about Docker security, and the management and support options. The book finishes with guidance on getting started with Docker in your own projects. You’ll walk through some real-world case studies for Docker implementations, from small-scale on-premises apps to very large-scale apps running on Azure.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Section 1: Understanding Docker and Windows Containers
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Section 2: Designing and Building Containerized Solutions
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Section 3: Preparing for Docker in Production
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Section 4: Getting Started on Your Container Journey

Managing containers with Windows tools

Many of the administration tools in Windows are able to manage services running on remote machines. IIS Manager, server manager, and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) can all be connected to a remote server on the network for inspection and administration.

Docker containers are different than remote machines, but they can be set up to allow remote access from these tools. Typically, you need to set up access for the tool explicitly by exposing management ports, enabling Windows features, and running PowerShell cmdlets. This can all be done in the Dockerfile for your application, and I'll cover the setup steps for each of these tools.

Being able to use familiar tools can be helpful, but there are limits to what you should do with them; remember, containers are meant to be disposable. If you connect to a web application container with...