Deploying a containerized application with Docker
So far, we have shown you how to use Docker and how to manage containers. Docker is so much more than that, but this is enough to get you started and make you want to learn more. Docker is a great tool for developers as it offers a streamlined way to deploy applications by removing the necessity to replicate development environments. In the next section, we will show you how to deploy a simple website using Docker.
Deploying a website using Docker
To deploy a website using Docker, follow these steps:
- We will use a free website template randomly downloaded from the internet (the download link is https://www.free-css.com/free-css-templates/page262/focus). We will copy the download location from the website and download the file inside our home directory using the
wget
utility:wget https://www.free-css.com/assets/files/free-css-templates/download/page262/focus.zip
- The new file is a compressed ZIP file, so we will have...