In the previous section, you have learned how to install Docker Desktop for Windows and how to run simple Windows and Linux containers. This section will demonstrate how to build a custom Docker image using Dockerfile and how to perform the most common actions on running containers, such as accessing logs and perform exec into a container.
A Dockerfile is a text file that contains all the commands that the user would execute in order to assemble a container image. As this book does not focus on Docker only, this section will be a short recap of common Docker operations. If you are interested in Dockerfiles themselves and building containers, please refer to the official documentation at: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/.
As an example, we will prepare a Dockerfile that creates a Windows container image of Microsoft IIS hosting a demonstration...