Docker Cookbook: Over 100 practical and insightful recipes to build distributed applications with Docker , 2nd Edition

by Ken Cochrane, Jeeva S. Chelladhurai, Neependra K Khare

Leverage Docker to deploying software at scale

Key FeaturesLeverage practical examples to manage containers efficientlyIntegrate with orchestration tools such as Kubernetes for controlled deploymentsLearn to implement best practices on improving efficiency and security of containersBook DescriptionDocker is an open source platform for building, shipping, managing, and securing containers. Docker has become the tool of choice for people willing to work with containers. Since the market is moving toward containerization, Docker will definitely have a big role to play in the future tech market.

This book starts with setting up Docker in different environment, and helps you learn how to work with Docker images. Then, you will take a deep dive into network and data management for containers. The book explores the RESTful APIs provided by Docker to perform different actions, such as image/container operations. The book then explores logs and troubleshooting Docker to solve issues and bottlenecks. You will gain an understanding of Docker use cases, orchestration, security, ecosystems, and hosting platforms to make your applications easy to deploy, build, and collaborate on. The book covers the new features of Docker 18.xx (or later), such as working with AWS and Azure, Docker Engine, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, and so on.

By the end of this book, you will have gained hands-on experience of finding quick solutions to different problems encountered while working with Docker.

What you will learnInstall Docker on various platformsWork with Docker images and containersContainer networking and data sharingDocker APIs and language bindingsVarious PaaS solutions for DockerImplement container orchestration using Docker Swarm and KubernetesContainer securityDocker on various cloudsWho this book is forBook is targeted towards developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers who want to use Docker in his/her development, QA, or production environments.

It is expected that the reader has basic Linux/Unix skills such as installing packages, editing files, managing services, and so on.

Any experience in virtualization technologies such as KVM, XEN, and VMware will be an added advantage

Table of ContentsIntroduction and InstallationWorking with Docker ContainersWorking with Docker Images Network and Data Management for ContainersDocker Use CasesDocker APIs and SDKsDocker PerformanceDocker Orchestration and Hosting a PlatformDocker SecurityGetting Help and Tips and Tricks Docker on the Cloud

Genres: Technology

802 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2018

Reviews

[John Costa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found the approach of the book to be pragmatic and helpful. It walked through the concepts presented in the beginning of the book and tied them together in well defined examples later in the book. It was a bonus to see the CI/CD and Orchestration examples as well.

While there's not much information on how Docker runs on Window's under the hood - I didn't find that too distracting as the point of a docker container is to be system agnostic.

Overall, I'd recommend this book, especially to those within minimal or no exposure to Docker at all.