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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)

Building an Apache image – a Dockerfile example

Now that we're armed with a good understanding of the Dockerfile constructs, in this recipe we will build a very simple Docker image that bundles the apache2 web server and also adds metadata to launch the apache2 application inside the container whenever a new container is created from this image.

Getting ready

Before we begin, the git repository https://github.com/docker-cookbook/apache2 has a Dockerfile to build an apache2 image, so clone the repository as shown in the following code:

    $ git clone https://github.com/docker-cookbook/apache2.git  

Now, go to the apache2 directory:

    $ cd apache2
    $ cat Dockerfile
    FROM alpine:3.6
    
    LABEL maintainer...