Appendix C. Microsoft and containers

In the past few years, Microsoft has been working with companies like Docker and Mesosphere to bring Docker containers into the Windows ecosystem and Microsoft Azure. This appendix summarizes all Docker integration points on Microsoft Azure.

Docker engine on Azure virtual machines

There are four easy ways to deploy Docker engine on an Azure virtual machine: using a pre-built image, using a VM extension, using Azure CLI, and using Docker Machine command-line tool.

Use a pre-built image

Azure provides a pre-built Docker on Ubuntu Server image that deploys an Ubuntu Server 15.10 virtual machine with Docker engine installed. To provision a virtual machine using the image, click the New icon on Azure management ...

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