Docker

A collection of information around the container technology docker and ideas of how it can be used within 52°North communities.

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Documentation

• Docker website: https://www.docker.com/
  • What is Docker?
  • First steps with docker online tutorial.
  • Use cases:
    • Continuous Delivery,
    • Easy Application Deployment,
    • Distributed Applications Composition,
    • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS),
    • Application Lifecycle,
    • Distributed applications to scale
• Source for container images: docker hub
• Best practice for dockerfiles
• Security can be checked with the Docker Bench for Security project: https://github.com/docker/docker-bench-security ( via)

Avoid problems with wifionICE

Context:

Deutsche Bahn wifi uses the same IP as docker if you want to work with docker during buiness train rides follow these steps [Linux]

• stop all running docker containers

  docker stop $(docker ps -aq)

• remove all bridges created by docker; confirm when asked to

   docker network prune 

• edit the /etc/docker/daemon.json

   { "features": { "buildkit": true },
     "default-address-pools":[{"base":"10.0.0.0/16","size":24}]
    } 

• restart docker

   sudo systemctl restart docker.service 

Material

• 06_KomMonitor_Admin_Schulung-Grundlagen_Docker.pdf: Workshop slides for Docker basics

Ideas

• provide dockerfiles for software projects, publish them on dockerhub -- DanielNuest - 2015-02-10
• use Docker for the demo servers -- DanielNuest - 2015-02-10
• build a new service/product: hosted WPS and SOS in the cloud, based on docker (we maintain) -- DanielNuest - 2015-02-10
• Container based architectures for sharing development environments within 52N -- EikeHinderkJuerrens - 2015-02-10