You're reading from Mastering Docker, Fourth Edition Enhance your containerization and DevOps skills to deliver production-ready applications

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839216572

Length 568 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Containerization

Author (1):

Russ McKendrick

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Up and Running with Docker

2. Chapter 1: Docker Overview FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Building Container Images

4. Chapter 3: Storing and Distributing Images

5. Chapter 4: Managing Containers

6. Chapter 5: Docker Compose

7. Chapter 6: Docker Machine, Vagrant, and Multipass

8. Section 2: Clusters and Clouds

9. Chapter 7: Moving from Linux to Windows Containers

10. Chapter 8: Clustering with Docker Swarm

11. Chapter 9: Portainer – A GUI for Docker

12. Chapter 10: Running Docker in Public Clouds

13. Chapter 11: Docker and Kubernetes

14. Chapter 12: Discovering other Kubernetes options

15. Chapter 13: Running Kubernetes in Public Clouds

16. Section 3: Best Practices

17. Chapter 14: Docker Security

18. Chapter 15: Docker Workflows

19. Chapter 16: Next Steps with Docker

20. Assessments

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