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Docker on Windows

You're reading from   Docker on Windows From 101 to production with Docker on Windows

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789617375
Length 428 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Section 1: Understanding Docker and Windows Containers
2. Getting Started with Docker on Windows FREE CHAPTER 3. Packaging and Running Applications as Docker Containers 4. Developing Dockerized .NET Framework and .NET Core Applications 5. Sharing Images with Docker Registries 6. Section 2: Designing and Building Containerized Solutions
7. Adopting Container-First Solution Design 8. Organizing Distributed Solutions with Docker Compose 9. Orchestrating Distributed Solutions with Docker Swarm 10. Section 3: Preparing for Docker in Production
11. Administering and Monitoring Dockerized Solutions 12. Understanding the Security Risks and Benefits of Docker 13. Powering a Continuous Deployment Pipeline with Docker 14. Section 4: Getting Started on Your Container Journey
15. Debugging and Instrumenting Application Containers 16. Containerize What You Know - Guidance for Implementing Docker 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Running Docker on Windows

It's easy to install Docker on Windows 10, using Docker Desktop – a Windows package that sets up all the prerequisites, deploys the latest version of the Docker Community Engine, and gives you a UI with some useful options to manage image repositories and remote clusters.

In production, you should ideally use Windows Server 2019 Core, the installation with no UI. This reduces the attack surface and the amount of Windows updates your server will need. If you move all your apps to Docker, you won't need any other Windows features installed; you'll just have Docker Engine running as a Windows service.

I'll walk through both of these installation options and show you a third option using a VM in Azure, which is useful if you want to try Docker but don't have access to Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019.

There is a fantastic...
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Docker on Windows - Second Edition
Published in: Feb 2019
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789617375
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