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When you are working on a large project on docker, you need to go through certain phases of the development cycle. Maintaining a different dockerfile for each cycle such as build, release, testing etc. eats up a lot of resources and is highly inefficient when it comes to productivity.In the later versions of docker, it allows us to use what is called multi-stage Dockerfile with the help of two particular commands - FROM and AS.We can use multiple FROM commands combined with AS commands in our Dockerfile where the last FROM command will actually build the image. All the FROM ... Read More

The commands RUN, CMD and Entrypoint usually cause a lot of confusion among docker developers. Understanding all the three commands conceptually will help to have a clearer understanding of the same.When we try to build an image using dockerfile, the instructions are executed step by step. The first instruction is usually pulling a base image such as an OS distribution like ubuntu, centos etc. After that, we modify the base image either by including more images using FROM and AS commands or by modifying the images. Every such instruction creates a new intermediate image build and for each of them, ... Read More

Suppose you are building an application that requires user interface and pops up a window on running the script. And let’s say you want to run that script inside a docker container. Now, you might expect the docker container to run the UI application for you and display the same on your screen. But using normal docker run commands, you won't be able to see or interact with the UI application. You need to connect the display with the container in order to do so. In this article, we will discuss how to do exactly the same.Here, we will see ... Read More

We know that we can run our docker images on cloud services which provide high computations in low cost prices. So, one might wonder why we need to optimize a docker image. Think of a situation where you have copied a large file in your docker container and you actually don’t need it. It’s obvious that it will increase the size of the docker image, it will increase the overall build time of the image and would cause a lot of caching issues as well. So, why not use a simple technique to avoid all these issues and improve the ... Read More

If you want to build a new container image, you need to specify the instructions in a separate document called Dockerfile. This will allow a developer to create an execution environment and will help him to automate the process and make it repeatable. It provides you with flexibility, readability, accountability and helps in easy versioning of the project.No doubt, writing a Dockerfile is one of the most important aspects of a project which includes development using docker. However, how you write a Dockerfile might have a great impact on the performance of your project if you are deploying it on ... Read More

It’s true that the use of docker has skyrocketed in recent times and it will continue to increase in the coming years. Most organizations are now shifting their projects to docker containers if they have not already. Thus, only acquiring basic knowledge regarding creating and maintaining docker containers and images is not enough to keep up with the pace of such a huge technological shift.Managing a large number of containers and images through a single command line interface (CLI) seems to be a tedious task, but with proper set of management skills and hands-on experience with docker CLI commands, this ... Read More

You will learn how to configure vulnerable web applications (DVWA) with the help of docker in easy steps. Docker is a third-party tool developed to create an isolated environment to execute any application. These applications are run using containers. These containers are unique because they bring together all the dependencies of an application into a single package and deploy it. Hit these commands to install and configure it as;apt updateapt install docker.iosystemctl start dockersystemctl enable dockerConfigure DVWA on DockerDamn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) is a PHP/MySQL web application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goal is to be an aid ... Read More

Docker Swarm and Kubernetes both can be used for similar purpose. They both are container orchestration tool.Docker Swarm is a tool used for clustering and scheduling Docker containers. We can easily establish and manage a cluster of Docker nodes under a single virtual system.Kubernetes is also container orchestration tool which is developed by google. It can be used for automatic deployment ,scaling, load balancing  and logging and monitoring.Sr. No.KeyDocker SwarmKubernetes1BasicKubernetes is also container orchestration tool which is developed by google. It can be used for automatic deployment ,scaling, load balancing  and logging and monitoring.Docker Swarm is a tool used for ... Read More

Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of application inside the software container. The container allows the developer to package up all project resources such as libraries, dependencies, assets etc. Docker is written in Go Programming language and is developed by Dotcloud. It is basically a container engine which uses the Linux Kernel features like namespaces and control groups to create containers on top of an operating system and automates the application deployment on the container.Installing DockerBefore install Docker, it should required updated packages. To update the packages, use the following command –$ sudo apt-get updateUse the following ... Read More

It has been 10 years since the cloud computing revolution has begun in the information and technology sector. It has completely transformed the dimension of the sector, in terms of quality of service delivery and cost of service delivery. During the initial phase of the cloud revolution, it had faced security issues and performance issues. Continuous research on these issues had made the cloud to overcome and brought trust among the clients on the service providers. We are now in the second phase of cloud revolution. As many have started migrating towards the cloud, the demand for providing quality service ... Read More