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Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 19.x

You're reading from   Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 19.x Build, test, ship, and run containers with Docker and Kubernetes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838827472
Length 592 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Motivation and Getting Started
2. What Are Containers and Why Should I Use Them? FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Up a Working Environment 4. Section 2: Containerization, from Beginner to Black Belt
5. Mastering Containers 6. Creating and Managing Container Images 7. Data Volumes and Configuration 8. Debugging Code Running in Containers 9. Using Docker to Supercharge Automation 10. Advanced Docker Usage Scenarios 11. Section 3: Orchestration Fundamentals and Docker Swarm
12. Distributed Application Architecture 13. Single-Host Networking 14. Docker Compose 15. Orchestrators 16. Introduction to Docker Swarm 17. Zero-Downtime Deployments and Secrets 18. Section 4: Docker, Kubernetes, and the Cloud
19. Introduction to Kubernetes 20. Deploying, Updating, and Securing an Application with Kubernetes 21. Monitoring and Troubleshooting an App Running in Production 22. Running a Containerized App in the Cloud 23. Assessments 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Storing configuration data in the swarm

If we want to store non-sensitive data such as configuration files in Docker Swarm, then we can use Docker configs. Docker configs are very similar to Docker secrets, which we will discuss in the next section. The main difference is that config values are not encrypted at rest, while secrets are. Docker configs can only be used in Docker Swarm, that is, they cannot be used in your non-Swarm development environment. Docker configs are mounted directly into the container's filesystem. Configuration values can either be strings or binary values up to a size of 500 KB.

With the use of Docker configs, you can separate the configuration from Docker images and containers. This way, your services can easily be configured with environment-specific values. The production swarm environment has different configuration values than the staging swarm...

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