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Containers with
Docker

By Techworld with Nana

Video Overview
★ What is a Container?
★ Container vs Image
★ Docker (Container) vs Virtual Machine
★ Docker Architecture and its components
★ Main Docker Commands
★ Debug Commands
★ Demo Project: Overview
★ Demo Project: Developing with Docker
★ Demo Project: Docker Compose - Running multiple services
★ Demo Project: Dockerfile - Building our own Docker Image
★ Demo Project: Private Docker Repository - Pushing our Docker
Image into a private Registry on AWS
★ Demo Project: Deploying our containerized application
★ Docker Volumes - Persist data in Docker
★ Demo Project: Volumes - Configuring persistence for our
application
★ Docker & Nexus: Push/Pull to Nexus Repository
★ Docker & Nexus: Run Nexus as Docker container

Demo Infos

Git Project https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/developing-with-docker

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What is a Container?

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Container vs Image
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Useful Links:

● Postgres Docker Images: https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres

Docker vs Virtual Machine

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Docker components
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❏ Installed Docker on your local machine

Useful Links:

● Docker Installation Guides for different OS:

https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/
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Main Docker Commands

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❏ Pull Redis Docker Image (docker pull)
❏ List existing Docker Images (docker images)
❏ Run Container (docker run)
❏ Run Container in a detached mode (docker run -d)
❏ List running containers (docker ps)
❏ Start container (docker start)
❏ Stop container (docker stop)
❏ List all containers - running and stopped ones (docker ps -a)
❏ Bind port (docker run -p)

Useful Links:

● Redis Docker Images: https://hub.docker.com/_/redis

Debug Commands
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❏ See logs of container (docker logs)
❏ Get interactive terminal of running container for troubleshooting
(docker exec -it)

Demo Project: Overview

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Demo Project: Developing with Docker

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❏ Git cloned example git project or created new one
❏ Pulled mongodb image
❏ Pulled mongo-express image
❏ Created mongo-network
❏ Started mongodb container with all necessary parameters
❏ Started mongo-express container with all necessary parameters
❏ Created new database via Mongo Express UI
❏ Configured Nodejs application code to connect with database

Useful Links:

● MongoDB Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/_/mongo

● Mongo Express Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/_/mongo-express
● Demo project: https://gitlab.com/nanuchi/developing-with-docker

Demo Project: Docker Compose - Running multiple

services
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❏ Installed Docker Compose (should already be installed with Docker
Desktop)
❏ Created a docker-compose file to start mongodb and mongo-express
containers instead of using docker run
❏ Created new database

Useful Links:

● Docker Compose Installation Guides for different OS:

https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
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Demo Project: Dockerfile - Building our own Docker

Image
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❏ Created Dockerfile for our Node application (the name of the file MUST
be Dockerfile!)
❏ Built Docker Image from our Dockerfile and tag it
❏ Started newly created Docker Image

Demo Project: Private Docker Repository - Pushing our

Docker Image into a private Registry on AWS
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❏ Created private Docker Registry on Amazon ECR
❏ Logged in to private registry (docker login)
❏ Tagged Docker Image
❏ Pushed Docker Image to AWS ECR repository

Useful Links:

● Amazon ECR Docker Registry: https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/

● Installing AWS Cli Linux:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-linux.html
● Installing AWS CLI on MacOS:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-macOS.html
● Installing AWS CLI on Windows:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-windows.html
● Configuring the AWS CLI:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-configure.html
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Demo Project: Deploying our containerized application

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❏ Added our example application to Dockerfile
❏ Changed mongodb server url from localhost to mongodb service name
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❏ Started docker containers with docker-compose

Docker Volumes - Persist data in Docker

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Demo Project: Volumes - Configuring persistence for our

application
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Docker & Nexus

Push/Pull to Nexus Repository

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❏ Created a Docker Repository on Nexus
❏ Created a User Role for Docker Repository on Nexus
❏ Configured Repository Connector (port 8083)
❏ Configured Firewall Rule to open port 8083 on Droplet
❏ Configured Token Issuing on Nexus (Realm - activate Docker Bearer
Token Realm)
❏ Configured insecure registries for Nexus IP and Port in Docker Desktop
(Docker Engine Tab)
❏ Logged in to Nexus Docker Repo (docker login)
❏ Pushed Docker Image to Nexus Repo
❏ Fetched Docker Image from Nexus Repo

Run Nexus as Docker Container on DigitalOcean Droplet

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❏ Created a new Droplet
❏ Configured Firewall rule to open port 22 for SSHing
❏ Installed Docker on Droplet
❏ Created docker volume to persist Nexus data
❏ Ran Nexus as Docker container with necessary parameters
❏ Accessed Nexus in browser

Useful Links:

● Nexus Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/r/sonatype/nexus3

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Best practices
● Best practices for writing Dockerfiles:
https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices/
● Docker development best practices:
https://docs.docker.com/develop/dev-best-practices/
● Tips for Caching, reducing Image size, maintainability, reproducibility:
https://www.docker.com/blog/intro-guide-to-dockerfile-best-practices/
● Security: Prefer minimal base images (e.g. prefer alpine-based images over
full-fledged system OS images)
● Security: only use images from trusted vendors to avoid malware
● Security: Least privileged user (create a dedicated user and group on the
image, with minimal permissions to run the application)
● Security: Don’t leak sensitive information to Docker Images
● Tip: Enforce Dockerfile best practices automatically by using a static code
analysis tool (e.g. https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint )