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You're reading from Learn Docker - Fundamentals of Docker 18.x Everything you need to know about containerizing your applications and running them in production

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788997027

Length 398 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Containerization

Author (1):

Dr. Gabriel N. Schenker

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page

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Contributors

Preface

1. What Are Containers and Why Should I Use Them?

2. Setting up a Working Environment FREE CHAPTER

3. Working with Containers

4. Creating and Managing Container Images

5. Data Volumes and System Management

6. Distributed Application Architecture

7. Single-Host Networking

8. Docker Compose

9. Orchestrators

10. Introduction to Docker Swarm

11. Zero Downtime Deployments and Secrets

12. Introduction to Kubernetes

13. Deploying, Updating, and Securing an Application with Kubernetes

14. Running a Containerized App in the Cloud

1. Assessment

2. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Index

Minikube

If you cannot use Docker for Mac or Windows or, for some reason, you only have access to an older version of the tool that does not yet support Kubernetes, then it is a good idea to install Minikube. Minikube provisions a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your workstation and is accessible through kubectl, which is the command-line tool used to work with Kubernetes.

Installing Minikube on Mac and Windows

To install Minikube for Mac or Windows, navigate to the following link at https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/.

Follow the instructions carefully. If you have the Docker Toolbox installed, then you already have a hypervisor on your system since the Docker Toolbox installer also installed VirtualBox. Otherwise, I recommend that you install VirtualBox first.

If you have Docker for Mac or Windows installed, then you already have kubectl installed with it, thus you can skip that step too. Otherwise, follow the instructions on the site.

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