Containerization with Docker
In the previous chapter, we talked about source code management with Git, where we took a crash course on Git and then discussed GitOps and how it shapes modern DevOps practices.
In this chapter, we’ll get hands-on and explore Docker – the de facto container runtime. By the end of this chapter, you should be able to install and configure Docker, run your first container, and then monitor it. This chapter will also form the basis for the following chapters, as we will use the same setup for the demos later.
In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:
- Installing tools
- Installing Docker
- Introducing Docker storage drivers and volumes
- Running your first container
- Docker logging and logging drivers
- Docker monitoring with Prometheus
- Declarative container management with Docker Compose
