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Docker on Windows

You're reading from   Docker on Windows From 101 to production with Docker on Windows

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789617375
Length 428 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Elton Stoneman Elton Stoneman
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Understanding Docker and Windows Containers
2. Getting Started with Docker on Windows FREE CHAPTER 3. Packaging and Running Applications as Docker Containers 4. Developing Dockerized .NET Framework and .NET Core Applications 5. Sharing Images with Docker Registries 6. Section 2: Designing and Building Containerized Solutions
7. Adopting Container-First Solution Design 8. Organizing Distributed Solutions with Docker Compose 9. Orchestrating Distributed Solutions with Docker Swarm 10. Section 3: Preparing for Docker in Production
11. Administering and Monitoring Dockerized Solutions 12. Understanding the Security Risks and Benefits of Docker 13. Powering a Continuous Deployment Pipeline with Docker 14. Section 4: Getting Started on Your Container Journey
15. Debugging and Instrumenting Application Containers 16. Containerize What You Know - Guidance for Implementing Docker 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

This chapter looked at the security considerations of Docker and Windows containers. You learned that the Docker platform is built for security in depth, and that the runtime security of containers is only one part of the story. Security scanning, image signing, content trust, and secure distributed communication can be combined to give you a secure software supply chain.

You looked at the practical security aspects of running apps in Docker and learned how processes in Windows containers run in a context that makes it difficult for attackers to escape from containers and invade other processes. Container processes will use all the compute resources they need, but I also demonstrated how to limit CPU and memory usage, which can prevent rogue containers from starving the host's compute resources.

In a dockerized application, you have much more scope to enforce security...

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