Effective DevOps with AWS - Second Edition

Chapter 7: Running Containers in AWS

1. Docker is a container platform to build, ship and run containerized applications. The four important components of Docker Engine are as follows:

• • Containers: A read write template
  • Images: A read only template
  • Network: A virtual network for containers
  • Volumes: A persistent storage for containers

2. Docker CE can be installed on many platforms including Linux, Windows, and MacOS. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/install/, the official Docker link, click on your choice of platform, and follow the instructions to install and configure the latest version of Docker CE on your system.

Confirm the installed Docker CE version by running docker --version command.

3. Use a Dockerfile https://github.com/yogeshraheja/helloworld/blob/master/Dockerfile ...