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The Docker Workshop

You're reading from   The Docker Workshop Learn how to use Docker containers effectively to speed up the development process

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838983444
Length 792 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Engy Fouda Engy Fouda
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Onur Yılmaz Onur Yılmaz
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Sathsara Sarathchandra Sathsara Sarathchandra
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Aric Renzo Aric Renzo
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Vincent Sesto Vincent Sesto
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface
1. Running My First Docker Container 2. Getting Started with Dockerfiles FREE CHAPTER 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. Collecting Container Logs 15. Extending Docker with Plugins Appendix

Introduction

In previous chapters, you learned how to run a container from an image and how to configure its networking. You also learned that you can pass various Docker commands while crafting containers from the images. In this chapter, you will learn how to control these containers after you have created them.

Assume that you have been assigned to build a web application for an e-store. You will need a database to store the products catalog, clients' information, and purchase transactions. To store these details, you need to configure the application's storage settings.

There are two types of data storage in Docker. The first one is storage that is tightly coupled to the container life cycle. If the container is removed, the files on that storage type are also removed and cannot be retrieved. These files are stored in the thin read/write layer inside the container itself. This type of storage is also known by other terms, such as the local storage, the graphdriver...

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