Chapter 5. Finding Images

In previous chapters, we have learned how to install Docker and we got familiar with the Docker architecture, networking, and persistent storage features. We have mentioned about working with the Docker Hub and remote repositories a little in Chapter 3, Understanding Images and Containers, but this time we will go into more details.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • The Docker Hub
  • Image tags
  • Searching for images using the web interface and a command line
  • Docker Hub REST API

Before we actually build our own images in the next chapter, we are going to focus on working with Docker Hub first-creating an account, authenticating, looking for images, and pulling them. We will go into more details of version and tags, explaining ...

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