The Docker Workshop: Learn how to use Docker containers effectively to speed up the development process

Get started with Docker on your local machine and progress towards deploying useful applications in production with this simplified, practical guide

Key Features

• Get a working understanding of Docker containers by incorporating them in your development process
• Complete interesting exercises to learn how to secure and control access of your containers
• Work with advanced features of Docker to make your development process smoother and reliable

Book Description

No doubt Docker Containers are the future of highly-scalable software systems and have cost and runtime efficient supporting infrastructure. But learning it might look complex as it comes with many technicalities. This is where The Docker Workshop will help you.

Through this workshop, you'll quickly learn how to work with containers and Docker with the help of practical activities.

The workshop starts with Docker containers, enabling you to understand how it works. You'll run third party Docker images and also create your own images using Dockerfiles and multi-stage Dockerfiles. Next, you'll create environments for Docker images, and expedite your deployment and testing process with Continuous Integration. Moving ahead, you'll tap into interesting topics and learn how to implement production-ready environments using Docker Swarm. You'll also apply best practices to secure Docker images and to ensure that production environments are running at maximum capacity. Towards the end, you'll gather skills to successfully move Docker from development to testing, and then into production. While doing so, you'll learn how to troubleshoot issues, clear up resource bottlenecks and optimize the performance of services.

By the end of this workshop, you'll be able to utilize Docker containers in real-world use cases.

What you will learn

• Get a solid understanding of how Docker containers work
• Network Docker images and environments to allow communication between services
• Build and publish docker images from a CI/CD pipeline
• Use Docker Swarm to implement production-ready environments
• Find out how to replace Swarm with Kubernetes clusters
• Extend your Docker images with Plugins

Who this book is for

This is the right learning asset if you are a developer or a beginner who wants to get a practical understanding of Docker containers. If you have experienced in running command shells or knowledge of IntelliJ, atom, or VSCode editors, then you will grasp the topics covered here quickly.

Table of Contents

1. Running My First Docker Container
2. Getting Started with Dockerfiles
3. Managing Your Docker Images
4. Multi-Stage Dockerfiles
5. Composing Environments with Docker Compose
6. Introduction to Docker Networking
7. Docker Storage
8. CI/CD Pipeline
9. Docker Swarm
10. Kubernetes
11. Docker Security
12. Best Practices
13. Monitoring Docker Metrics
14. Collector Container Logs
15. Extending Docker with Plugins

Vincent Sesto is a DevOps engineer, endurance athlete, and author. As a DevOps engineer, he specializes in working with Linux and open-source applications. He is particularly interested in helping people get more from the tools they have and is currently developing his skills in DevOps, continuous integration, security, Splunk (UI and reporting), and Python development.

Onur Yilmaz is a senior software engineer at a multinational enterprise software company. He is a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and works on Kubernetes and cloud management systems. Also, he is a keen supporter of cutting-edge technologies, including Docker and cloud-native applications. Onur Yilmaz is the author of multiple books with the titles "Introduction to DevOps with Kubernetes", "Kubernetes Design Patterns and Extensions", "Serverless Architectures with Kubernetes", and "Cloud-Native Continuous Integration and Delivery". He has one master's and two bachelor's degrees in the engineering field.

Sathsara Sarathchandra is a cloud architect, experienced in building and managing production deployments both in cloud and on-premise. He has over 8 years of experience working in several companies ranging from start-ups to enterprises. He is a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD). He holds a master's degree in Business Administration and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.

Aric Renzo is a DevOps engineer, author, and technology enthusiast based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has experience deploying and supporting many open-source and free software projects based on platforms such as Docker, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Ansible on various cloud platforms. Aric's first book, "Containerization with Ansible 2" by Packt Publishing is currently available for purchase. He is an active member in many open source communities such as Ansible, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes and can often be found in many community IRC rooms asking questions, offering support, and finding new and innovative solutions.

Engy Fouda is an author, freelance engineer, and journalist. Currently, she teaches SAS, Docker Fundamentals, Docker for Enterprise Developers, Docker for Enterprise Operations, and Kubernetes at several venues as a freelance instructor. She works as a freelance journalist and publishes her work at various media outlets. She holds two master's degrees, one in journalism from Harvard University, Extension School, and another in computer engineering from Cairo University, Egypt. Moreover, she earned the Data Science Professional Graduate Certificate from Harvard University, Extension School. She has taught academically as a teacher assistant at the German University in Cairo and the American University in Cairo. She volunteers as the team lead for Momken Group (Engineering for the Blind), Egypt Scholars Inc. Also, she volunteers as a member-at-large and the newsletter editor of the IEEE Mid-Hudson Section.