Preface

In today’s fast-paced world, developers are under constant pressure to build, modify, test, and deploy highly distributed applications quickly and efficiently. Operations engineers need a consistent deployment strategy that can handle their growing portfolio of applications, while stakeholders want to keep costs low. Docker containers, combined with a container orchestrator such as Kubernetes, provide a powerful solution to these challenges.

Docker containers streamline the process of building, shipping, and running highly distributed applications. They supercharge CI/CD pipelines and allow companies to standardize on a single deployment platform, such as Kubernetes. Containerized applications are more secure and can be run on any platform capable of running containers, whether on-premises or in the cloud. With Docker containers, developers, operations engineers, and stakeholders can achieve their goals and stay ahead of the curve.