Docker: Creating Structured Containers

Chapter 6. Using Docker's Built-in Security Features

In this chapter, we will take a look at working with Docker tools that can be used to secure your environment. We will be taking a look at both command-line tools as well as GUI tools that you can utilize to your advantage. We will cover the following items in this chapter:

• Docker tools
  • Using TLS in your environments to help ensure that pieces are communicating securely
  • Using read-only containers to help protect the data in a container from being manipulated in some form
• Docker security fundamentals
  • Kernel namespaces
  • Control groups
  • Linux kernel capabilities

Docker tools

In this section, we will cover the tools that can help you secure your Docker environment. These are options that are built into the ...