Learning Docker. Optimize the power of Docker to run your applications quickly and easily

Docker is a next-generation platform for simplifying application containerization life-cycle. Docker allows you to create a robust and resilient environment in which you can generate portable, composable, scalable, and stable application containers.This book is a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the various features of Docker from Docker software installation to the impenetrable security of containers.

• The book starts off by elucidating the installation procedure for Docker and a few troubleshooting techniques.
• You will be introduced to the process of downloading Docker images and running them as containers.
• You'll learn how to run containers as a service (CaaS) and also discover how to share data among containers.
• Later on, you'll explore how to establish the link between containers and orchestrate containers using Docker Compose.
• You will also come across relevant details about application testing inside a container.
• You will discover how to debug a container using the docker exec command and the nsenter tool.
• Finally, you will learn how to secure your containers with SELinux and other proven methods.