Docker in Action, Second Edition - 2nd Edition by Jeff Nickoloff & Stephen Kuenzli (Paperback)

About the Book

Even small applications have dozens of components. Large applications may have thousands, which makes them challenging to install, maintain, and remove. Docker bundles all application components into a package called a container that keeps things tidy and helps manage any dependencies on other applications or infrastructure.

Book Synopsis

Summary

Docker in Action, Second Edition teaches you the skills and knowledge you need to create, deploy, and manage applications hosted in Docker containers. This bestseller has been fully updated with new examples, best practices, and a number of entirely new chapters.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology

The idea behind Docker is simple--package just your application and its dependencies into a lightweight, isolated virtual environment called a container. Applications running inside containers are easy to install, manage, and remove. This simple idea is used in everything from creating safe, portable development environments to streamlining deployment and scaling for microservices. In short, Docker is everywhere.

About the book

Docker in Action, Second Edition teaches you to create, deploy, and manage applications hosted in Docker containers running on Linux. Fully updated, with four new chapters and revised best practices and examples, this second edition begins with a clear explanation of the Docker model. Then, you go hands-on with packaging applications, testing, installing, running programs securely, and deploying them across a cluster of hosts. With examples showing how Docker benefits the whole dev lifecycle, you'll discover techniques for everything from dev-and-test machines to full-scale cloud deployments.

What's inside

Running software in containers
Packaging software for deployment
Securing and distributing containerized applications

About the reader

Written for developers with experience working with Linux.

About the author

Jeff Nickoloff and Stephen Kuenzli have designed, built, deployed, and operated highly available, scalable software systems for nearly 20 years.

About the Author

Jeff Nickoloff is a software engineer who has presented Docker and its applications to hundreds of engineers and administrators at Desert Code Camp, Amazon.com, and other technology meetups. His experience includes providing high availability services, scaling to thousands of transactions per second and microservices architecture at Amazon.com; and a long development background at Limelight Networks and Arizona State University.

Stephen Kuenzli has designed, built, deployed, and operated highly-available, scalable software systems in high tech manufacturing, banking, and ecommerce systems for nearly 20 years.