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Learning Docker

You're reading from   Learning Docker Build, ship, and scale faster

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786462923
Length 300 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jeeva S. Chelladhurai Jeeva S. Chelladhurai
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Pethuru Raj Pethuru Raj
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Vinod Singh Vinod Singh
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Vinod Singh
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Docker 2. Handling Docker Containers FREE CHAPTER 3. Building Images 4. Publishing Images 5. Running Your Private Docker Infrastructure 6. Running Services in a Container 7. Sharing Data with Containers 8. Orchestrating Containers 9. Testing with Docker 10. Debugging Containers 11. Securing Docker Containers 12. The Docker Platform – Distinct Capabilities and Use Cases

Running Docker Registry with restrictions

The security of Docker Registry is very vital. It is recommended that you run it behind the secure firewall and Intrusion Protection System (IPS) / Intrusion Defense System (IDS) in a secure network. Also, it is assumed that registry will only accept a secure connection on HTTPS. In addition to these, Docker Registry can provide access restriction, and the simplest way to implement this is through basic authentication. The basic authentication is standard authentication with web servers using a login name and password:

$ mkdir auth
$ sudo docker run --entrypoint htpasswd
registry:2 -Bbn testvinod testpassword > auth/htpasswd

$

Here we list out the steps to be done for securely accessing Docker Registry:

  1. Since we are running this registry in the secure mode, use a self-signed certificate and enable TLS.
  2. Also, restart the Docker process to get the updated configuration...
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