Docker and Linux containers have fundamentally changed the way that organizations develop, deliver, and run software at scale. But understanding why these tools are important and how they can be successfully integrated into your organization's ecosystem can be challenging. This fully updated guide provides developers, operators, architects, and technical managers with a thorough understanding of the Docker tool set and how containers can improve almost every aspect of modern software delivery and management. This edition includes significant updates to the examples and explanations that reflect the substantial changes that have occurred since Docker was first released almost a decade ago. Sean Kane and Karl Matthias have updated the text to reflect best practices and to provide additional coverage of new features like BuildKit, multi-architecture image support, rootless containers, and much more. Learn how Docker and Linux containers integrate with cloud services and Kubernetes Experience building OCI images, plus deploying and managing Linux containers with powerful command-line tools Understand how OCI images simplify dependency management and deployment workflow for your applications Learn practical techniques for deploying and testing Linux containers in production Deploy production containers at scale wherever you need them Explore advanced Docker topics, including deployment tools, networking, orchestration, security, and configuration

About the Author
Sean Kane is the founder of techlabs.sh and a Principal Production Operations engineer at SuperOrbital. Sean specializes in engineering, teaching, and writing about modern devops processes, including Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and more. He has had a long career in production operations, with many diverse roles across a broad range of industries. Sean is the lead inventor on a container-related patent and spends a lot of his spare time writing, teaching, and speaking about technology. He is an avid traveler, hiker, and camper and lives in the US Pacific Northwest with his wife, children, and dogs. Karl Matthias is VP of Architecture at Community.com and has previously worked at several well known tech companies, where he has held a number of very senior engineering and leadership roles for more than 25 years. He is an enthusiast of hard problems, distributed systems, Go, Ruby, Elixir, scalable datastores, automated infrastructure, and repeatable systems.


Book Information
ISBN 9781098131821
Author Sean P. Kane
Format Paperback
Page Count 330
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media