Docker in Practice - Softcover

Miell, Ian; Hobson Sayers, Aiden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617292729 ISBN 13: 9781617292729

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2016

Synopsis

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

Docker is impossible to ignore. This lightweight container system is easier to deploy and more flexible than traditional VMs. Built for simplicity and speed, it radically reduces your reliance on manual system administration for tasks like configuring servers, creating disposable (and portable!) development environments, and predictably rolling out applications on unknown systems. While the idea behind Docker is simple, it can have a major impact on how software is developed and deployed.

 

 

Docker in Practice is a hands-on guide to over 100 specific techniques that can be used to get the most out of Docker. Following a cookbook-style Problem/Solution/Discussion format, this practical handbook offers instantly-useful solutions for important areas like effortless server maintenance and configuration, deploying microservices, creating safe environments for experimentation, and much more. The book takes readers from Docker basics to must-have practices like integrating Docker with Continuous Integration process, automating complex container creation with Chef, and orchestration with Kubernetes.

 

 

 

KEY SELLING POINTS

 

Proven strategies for using Docker in dev and CI

 

Covers common and explores two of the most important concepts

 

Goes from development to production

Walks through varied and often surprising use cases for Docker

 

AUDIENCE

Written for developers and devops engineers who have already started their Docker journey and want to use it effectively in a production setting.

 

ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY

Docker is one of the fastest-adopted technologies in software, and when the likes of RedHat, Microsoft and VMWare all partner with a startup you know it’s going to be big. Docker is cheaper, easier, faster, and more powerful than VMs, and it will affect everyone involved in software sooner rather than later.

About this title

About the Author

Ian Miell is an experienced software engineer who first recognized the potential of Docker in his company and created his own tool in the Docker ecosystem.

 

Aidan Hobson Sayers has a strong interest in the practical detail and often dives into the Docker source code.

 

Both have contributed to Docker and have extensive experience of building and maintaining a Docker infrastructure in a commercially pressured development environment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617292729
• ISBN 13: 9781617292729
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372