Deploying the application on Docker
Docker is a powerful tool for deploying and running applications using software units instead of hardware setups. Each independent, lightweight, standalone, and executable unit, called a container, must contain all the files of the applications that it needs to run. Docker is the core container engine that manages all the containers and packages applications in their appropriate containers. To download Docker, download the Docker Desktop installer that’s appropriate for your system from https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/. Be sure to enable the Window’s Hyper-V service before installing Docker. Use your Docker credentials to log in to the application. Figure 11.11 shows a sample account dashboard of the Docker Desktop application:
Figure 11.11 – A Desktop Docker profile
Docker requires some rules when deploying applications to its containers. The first requirement is to create a Dockerfile inside...
