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Docker on Amazon Web Services

By : Justin Menga
Book Image

Docker on Amazon Web Services

By: Justin Menga

Overview of this book

Over the last few years, Docker has been the gold standard for building and distributing container applications. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leader in public cloud computing, and was the first to offer a managed container platform in the form of the Elastic Container Service (ECS). Docker on Amazon Web Services starts with the basics of containers, Docker, and AWS, before teaching you how to install Docker on your local machine and establish access to your AWS account. You'll then dig deeper into the ECS, a native container management platform provided by AWS that simplifies management and operation of your Docker clusters and applications for no additional cost. Once you have got to grips with the basics, you'll solve key operational challenges, including secrets management and auto-scaling your infrastructure and applications. You'll explore alternative strategies for deploying and running your Docker applications on AWS, including Fargate and ECS Service Discovery, Elastic Beanstalk, Docker Swarm and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). In addition to this, there will be a strong focus on adopting an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach using AWS CloudFormation. By the end of this book, you'll not only understand how to run Docker on AWS, but also be able to build real-world, secure, and scalable container platforms in the cloud.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Getting started with Kubernetes


Now that you have been briefly introduced to Kubernetes, let's focus on getting up and running with Kubernetes in your local environment.

Earlier in this book when you set up your local development environment, if you are using macOS or Windows, you installed the community edition (CE) versions of Docker Desktop (Docker for Mac or Docker for Windows, which I may refer to collectively as Docker Desktop in this chapter), which includes native support for Kubernetes.

Note

If you are using a variant of Docker for Mac/Windows that does not support Kubernetes, or are using Linux, you can install minikube by following the instructions at https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube. Most of the examples included in this section should work with minikube, although features such as load balancing and dynamic host path provisioning may not be directly supported and require some additional configuration.

To enable Kubernetes, select Kubernetes in your local Docker Desktop settings...