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Docker in Action

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Summary

Docker in Action teaches readers how you can create, deploy, and manage applications hosted in Docker containers.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology

The idea in the back of Docker is simple. Create a tiny virtual environment, referred to as a container, that holds just your application and its dependencies. The Docker engine uses the host operating system to build and account for these containers. They’re easy to install, manage, and eliminate. Applications running inside containers share resources, making their footprints small.

About the Book

Docker in Action teaches readers how you can create, deploy, and manage applications hosted in Docker containers. After starting with a clear explanation of the Docker model, You are going to learn to package applications in containers, including techniques for testing and distributing applications. You are going to also learn to run programs securely and how you can manage shared resources. The usage of carefully designed examples, the book teaches you how you can orchestrate containers and applications from installation to removal. Along the way, you can discover techniques for The usage of Docker on systems ranging from dev-and-test machines to full-scale cloud deployments.

What’s Inside

  • Packaging containers for deployment
  • Installing, managing, and putting off containers
  • Working with Docker images
  • Distributing with DockerHub
  • About the Reader

    Readers need only have a working knowledge of the Linux OS. No prior knowledge of Docker is assumed.

    About the Author

    Jeff Nickoloff, a software engineer, has presented Docker and its applications to hundreds of developers and administrators at Desert Code Camp, Amazon.com, and technology meetups.

    Table of Contents

    PART 1 KEEPING A TIDY COMPUTER

    1. Welcome to Docker
    2. Running software in containers
    3. Software installation simplified
    4. Persistent storage and shared state with volumes
    5. Network exposure
    6. Limiting risk with isolation
    7. PART 2 PACKAGING SOFTWARE FOR DISTRIBUTION

    8. Packaging software in images
    9. Build automation and advanced image considerations
    10. Public and private software distribution
    11. Running customized registries
    12. PART 3 MULTI-CONTAINER AND MULTI-HOST ENVIRONMENTS

    13. Declarative environments with Docker
    14. Clusters with Machine and Swarm

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