Fast, intensive, and effective Docker learning About This Book * Get well-versed with Docker in 7 days * Identify and resolve common problems faced by users while working with Docker * A fast-paced guide that will focus on all the core Docker functionalities Who This Book Is For This book targets developers, IT professionals and DevOps engineers who like to gain intensive, hands-on knowledge and skills with Docker without spending hours and hours in learning. If you have been struggling to find the time to gain proficiency and confidence with Docker containers and everyday Docker tasks, you have come to the right place! What You Will Learn * Use Docker Compose to make multi-container applications easier to launch * Launch Docker hosts in various public clouds * Deploy and configure a Docker Swarm cluster. * Work with third-party plugins to extend core Docker functionality * Monitor containers and hosts and explore commands to troubleshoot Docker In Detail Docker allows you to create a robust and resilient environment to generate portable, composable, scalable, and stable application containers. The book starts by installing the core Docker Engine on MacOS, Windows 10 and Linux desktops. We will then define multi-container applications and understand the advantages of using containers locally. Once this is done, we will deploy containers on a single Docker host which is publicly accessible. Furthermore, we will learn how to deploy and configure a Docker Swarm cluster and explore networking and storage third-party plugins to extend the core Docker functionality. Towards the end, the book will demonstrate how to monitor and troubleshoot day-to-day problems in addition to various real world examples of container deployments. Style and approach This book is all about fast and intensive learning. That means we don't waste time in helping readers get started. The content is about filling in with highly-effective examples to build new things, show solving problems in newer and unseen ways, and solve real-world examples.

Author Biography

Russ is an experienced solution architect who has been working in IT and related industries for the better part of 24 years. During his career, he has had varied responsibilities in many different sectors, ranging from looking after an entire IT infrastructure to providing first-line, second-line, and senior support in both client-facing and internal teams for small and large organizations. Russ works almost exclusively with Linux, using open source systems and tools across both dedicated hardware & virtual machines hosted in public and private clouds at Node4 Limited, where he heads up the Open Source Solutions team. In his spare time, he has written three books (including this one) on Docker. "Monitoring Docker" & "Extending Docker" which are both available now from Packt, as well contributing to "Monitoring & Management With Docker & Containers" which was published by The New Stack. He also buys way too many vinyl records. LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/russmckendrick GitHub: https://github.com/russmckendrick Personal Blog: https://media-glass.es/ Dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/u/russmckendrick/ Packt: https://www.packtpub.com/books/info/authors/russ-mckendrick Pethuru Raj, PhD has been working as a cloud architect in the IBM Global Hybrid Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE), IBM India Bangalore for the last four years. Previously he worked as TOGAF-certified enterprise architecture (EA) consultant in Wipro Consulting Services (WCS) Division, Bangalore for 10 years. He also had a fruitful stint (2 years) as a lead architect in the corporate research (CR) division of Robert Bosch, India. He has gained more than 16 years of IT industry experience. He finished the CSIR-sponsored PhD degree in Anna University, Chennai and continued the UGC-sponsored postdoctoral research in the department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Thereafter, he was granted a couple of international research fellowships (JSPS and JST) to work as a research scientist for 3.5 years in two leading Japanese universities. Totally he gained 8 years of research experience. He has authored 7 books thus far and he focuses on some of the emerging technologies such as Software-defined Clouds (SDC) Big, Fast, Streaming and IoT Data Analytics Docker-enabled containerization Microservices architecture (MSA) Cognitive Clouds Smarter Cities Technologies and Tools IoT Edge / Fog Analytics He has published more than 30 research papers in peer-reviewed journals such as IEEE, ACM, Springer-Verlag, Inderscience, etc. Home Page: www.peterindia.net LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterindia Personal Email: peterindia@gmail.com Jeeva S. Chelladhurai has been working as a DevOps specialist at the IBM Global Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) in India for the last 8 years. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry. In various capacities, he has technically managed and mentored diverse teams across the globe in envisaging and building pioneering telecommunication products. He specializes in DevOps and cloud solution delivery, with a focus on data center optimization, software-defined environments (SDEs), and distributed application development, deployment, and delivery using the newest Docker technology. Jeeva is also a strong proponent of Agile methodologies, DevOps, and IT automation. He holds a master's degree in computer science from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and a graduation certificate in project management from Boston University. He has been instrumental in crafting reusable assets for IBM solution architects and consultants in Docker-inspired containerization technology. His LinkedIn profile can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/JeevaChelladhurai Vinod Singh is a seasoned technical professional who has worked for two decades with software industry. Currently he is a senior cloud architect with IBM's cloud flagship offering Bluemix supporting customers across the world. Vinod's experience with networking and data communication spans software design, development and testing. The Cloud, Cognitive, and Linux are his passions and he feels Cognitive computing is once again going to change the world. Vinod's experience with the latest design thinking techniques, agile & lean methods, and extreme programing was very fruitful and has been a tremendous help in making cloud deals across the world. Vinod is a regular speaker at IBM's internal conferences, IEEE conferences, and technology meetups. Vinod's latest day job revolves around IBM BlueMix, Cloud Foundry, Softlayer, OpenStack, Amazon AWS. Vinod wants to acknowledge his wife for regularly reminding him to complete the chapters of the book. His wife's extra ordinary support at home enables Vinod to run that extra mile in professional life.