Docker for Java Developers

by Arun Gupta

The established way to deploy Java applications requires you to install the Java Development Kit (JDK), plus an application server, web server, database, and other components in a data center, whether on-premise or in the cloud. Though this process works well enough, Docker containers can save you many headaches when it comes to packaging, deploying, and scaling your applications.

In this O’Reilly report, author Arun Gupta explains Docker’s basic concepts and the commonly used orchestration frameworks around them. You’ll learn how to achieve faster startup and deployments on both Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and understand how these containers improve portability across machines and reduce the impedance mismatch between development, testing, and production environments.
- Get up to speed on Docker basics, including its image format and toolset for building, shipping, and running containers
- Build and run your first Docker container by deploying a sample Java EE application with Docker Compose and Docker Swarm
- Manage Docker images and containers with IDEs such as NetBeans, Eclipse, and IntelliJ IDEA
- Use a Maven plugin to create a Docker image and start a container

Genres: Programming

63 pages, ebook

Published June 1, 2016

Reviews

[Tomáš · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes less is more. I don't understand why it is necessary to describe 5 ways how to interact with Docker (command line, Maven and 3 IDEs) in introductory report. I felt like reading a map - I saw the situation, but still I don't know where to go and why.

[Matija · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introductory information about a number of principles, tools, libraries and services around Java and Docker. Not deep by any measure - brief and useful.