Docker remote hosts

Imagine an application running locally on a machine and you want it to be accessible by another individual through a Linux machine located on the cloud for general usage. If this application is based on Docker Compose, the application can be deployed manually to the VM through shell commands. However, there is a more streamlined way to deploy this application to the target VM. Provided a server has Docker installed, it is eligible to become a Docker host. Docker gives you the ability to use the Docker capabilities of another machine, provided it has Docker installed and access to that machine has been set up.

An example of a remote host is the Docker installation on Windows and macOS. They both require a Linux VM to run Docker. The Linux VM is the remote host that the Docker CLI uses to interact with.

Now, let’s learn how to create a remote host.