Chapter 5. Running Your Private Docker Infrastructure
In Chapter 4, Publishing Images, we discussed Docker images and clearly understood that Docker containers are the runtime implementations of Docker images. Docker images and containers are in plenty these days, as the containerization paradigm has taken the IT domain by storm. Therefore, there is a need for worldwide enterprises to keep their Docker images in their own private infrastructure for security considerations. So, the concept of deploying a Docker Hub to our own infrastructure has emerged and evolved. Docker Hubs are paramount and pertinent to register and then deposit the growing array of Docker images. Primarily, a Docker Hub is specially made to centralize and centrally manage information on:
- User accounts
- Checksums of the images
- Public namespaces
This chapter is developed with an a focus on providing all the relevant information to enable you and Docker container crafters to design, populate, and run their own private...