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Spring Boot 2.0 Projects

You're reading from   Spring Boot 2.0 Projects Build production-grade reactive applications and microservices with Spring Boot

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789136159
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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 Sadakath Sadakath
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Basic Web Application 3. Building a Simple Blog Management System 4. Introduction to Kotlin 5. Building a Reactive Movie Rating API Using Kotlin 6. Building an API with Reactive Microservices 7. Building a Twitter Clone with Spring Boot 8. Introducing Spring Boot 2.0 Asynchronous 9. Building an Asynchronous Email Formatter 1. Assessments 2. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Using Docker to support microservices


Microservice architectures need to be able to scale up and scale down as and when required based on demand. It is best to use a container platform such as Docker to achieve this. 

Understanding Docker

Docker is a very popular container platform. Containerization, as opposed to virtualization, is the process of deploying applications in a portable and predictable manner by packaging components along with their dependencies into isolated, standard process environments called containers. Docker is used by many developers and IT operations staff to provide independence from the underlying infrastructure and applications they run. Docker can be run on on-premise hardware, in the cloud, or in a hybrid setup. Docker containers are lightweight and ideal for microservices development. Docker provides the following features for microservices:

  • Accelerated development of microservices
  • Ease of deployment
  • Ease of rollback
  • Lightweight
  • Portability
  • Predictability

Docker uses...

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