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Chapter 10: Orchestration with Docker Swarm

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Introduction

In the preceding chapters, you’ve mastered the art of running individual Docker containers and managing them on a single host. However, real-world applications often require multiple containers working together, needing high availability, scalability, and load balancing across several machines. This is where container orchestration comes into play. Orchestration automates the deployment, management, scaling, and networking of containers.

Docker Swarm is Docker’s native solution for orchestrating containers. It turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single, virtual Docker host, allowing you to deploy and manage applications as a collection of services. This chapter will delve into the fundamentals of Docker Swarm, guiding you through setting up a swarm, deploying services, and managing their lifecycle.

Chapter 14: What's Next? Beyond Docker Engine

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Introduction

Congratulations! You’ve journeyed through the intricacies of Docker Engine, mastering containerization from basic commands to advanced networking and persistent storage. You now possess a powerful skill set for packaging, distributing, and running applications efficiently. However, the world of containerization extends far beyond a single Docker Engine instance. In real-world production environments, applications rarely run on just one machine; they are distributed across multiple servers for scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance. This chapter will introduce you to the exciting landscape beyond Docker Engine, exploring technologies and concepts that build upon your foundational knowledge to manage containers at scale.

Chapter 9: Advanced Docker Concepts

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Introduction

Welcome to Chapter 9 of our guide on Docker Engine 29.0.2! Having covered the fundamentals of Docker, including building images, running containers, and basic networking, we are now ready to dive into more advanced concepts. This chapter will equip you with the knowledge to manage complex, multi-container applications, orchestrate services across multiple hosts, and optimize your Docker workflows for production environments. We’ll explore Docker Compose for multi-service applications, Docker Swarm for native orchestration, advanced networking and volume strategies, and efficient image building techniques like multi-stage builds.