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Troubleshooting Docker

You're reading from Troubleshooting Docker Develop, test, automate, and deploy production-ready Docker containers

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783552344

Length 290 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Containerization

Authors (4):

Navid Ahmed Shaikh

Vaibhav Kohli

Dua

John Wooten

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Troubleshooting Docker

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

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Preface

1. Understanding Container Scenarios and an Overview of Docker FREE CHAPTER

2. Docker Installation

3. Building Base and Layered Images

4. Devising Microservices and N-Tier Applications

5. Moving Around Containerized Applications

6. Making Containers Work

7. Managing the Networking Stack of a Docker Container

8. Managing Docker Containers with Kubernetes

9. Hooking Volume Baggage

10. Docker Deployment in a Public Cloud - AWS and Azure

Installing Docker on Fedora

Docker is supported on Fedora version 22 and 23. The following are the steps to be performed in order to install Docker on Fedora 23. It can be deployed on bare-metal or as a VM.

Checking Linux kernel Version

Docker requires 64-bit installation, regardless of the Fedora version. Also, the kernel version should be at least 3.10. Check the kernel version before going ahead with installation using the following command:

$ uname -r
4.4.7-300.fc23.x86_64
Switch to root user
[os@osboxes ~]# su -
Password:
[root@vkohli ~]#

Installing with DNF

Update the existing DNF package by using the following command:

$ sudo dnf update

Adding to the YUM repository

Let's add the Docker repository to the YUM repository:

$ sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/docker.repo <<-'EOF' 
> [dockerrepo] 
> name=Docker Repository 
> baseurl=https://yum.dockerproject.org/repo/main/fedora/$releasever/ 
> enabled=1 
> gpgcheck=1 
> gpgkey=https://yum...

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Authors (4)

Navid Ahmed Shaikh

Navid Ahmed Shaikh

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Vaibhav Kohli

Vaibhav Kohli

Vaibhav Kohli at present is working in VMware's R&D Department and earlier taught computer engineering for a year at the esteemed University of Mumbai. He works for the office of the CTO, VMware IoT (Internet of Things) project. He has published many research papers in leading journals, IEEE transactions, and has filed patents at VMware on container technology. One of his big data projects has won the top prize at the national-level project showcase event. He has conducted workshops, hackathons, training sessions, and trade shows in many countries and is a reputed & established speaker at conferences on IoT and Docker technology. He is an active open source code contributor, repository manager and has also published many online Docker & Kubernetes tutorials. He has helped many customers and organizations to understand cloud-native apps, DevOps model and migrate to micro-service architecture. He has also recently published a book on Docker Networking. Vaibhav manages and leads various meetup groups across India on the latest cutting-edge Docker and Kubernetes technologies.

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Dua

Dua

Rajdeep Dua has over 18 years experience in the cloud and big data space. He has taught Spark and big data at some of the most prestigious tech schools in India: IIIT Hyderabad, ISB, IIIT Delhi, and Pune College of Engineering. He currently leads the developer relations team at Salesforce India. He has also presented BigQuery and Google App Engine at the W3C conference in Hyderabad. He led the developer relations teams at Google, VMware, and Microsoft, and has spoken at hundreds of other conferences on the cloud. Some of the other references to his work can be seen at Your Story and on ACM digital library. His contributions to the open source community relate to Docker, Kubernetes, Android, OpenStack, and Cloud Foundry.

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John Wooten

John Wooten

John Wooten is the founder and CEO of CONSULTED, a global open source cloud consultancy that designs secure, succinct, and sustainable cloud architectures. As a leading cloud solutions architect and open technology strategist, John has deep and applicable realworld experience in designing, testing, deploying, and managing public, private, and hybrid cloud systems for both enterprise and government. His primary technical proficiencies include Linux systems administration, OpenStack clouds, and Docker containers. As an open source activist, John is committedly passionate and works extensively within a broad range of open source projects and communities. His latest Internet project is as the founder and maintainer of ÖppenSourced, a leading repository and defining resource on open source projects and applications. Otherwise, he is a self-proclaimed beach bum in search of the next surfable wave or is hiking and camping in remote locations.

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