Docker in a nutshell

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Agenda

● What is Docker?
● Advantage over classical virtualization
● How to install Docker
● Exercise: How to use Docker

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What is Docker?
● Docker allows to package an application into a
standardized unit for software development:
– The Docker Container

● A Docker Container wraps a

piece of software in a complete
filesystem which contains all
needed resources

● A Docker Container runs

on Linux, Windows, macOS,
and most Cloud infrastructures Image source: [Link]

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Docker promise: Build, Ship, Run!

● Docker enables reliable deployments

– Build here, run there

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Advantage over classical virtualization

● Setting up a Virtual Machine requires additional tools for

provisioning such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Vagrant, shell scripts
and more ...
– Tools such as Packer do support builder and provisioners
● But ...
– Docker comes with template Docker images hosted at
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– Easy to extend with custom software, libraries, files defined in
a single Dockerfile
– Images are version controlled and lightweight
– Supports the Dev&Ops paradigm Infrastructure-as-Code

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Exercise: How to install Docker

● There are official installation guides available for

various operating systems.
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● As installation guides are self-explanatory and
Docker is pre-installed on all working stations, we can
skip to the next chapter.

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Exercise: How to use Docker

● Check if correct Docker version is installed:

docker version
● Run first Docker container:
docker run hello-world
● First, Docker Image is searched locally, when not found
● Then, Docker Image is pulled from DockerHub.
● Split up command:
docker pull hello-world
docker run hello-world
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Exercise: How to use Docker
● States of a Docker application:
– Dockerfile
● Configuration to create a Docker Image.
– Docker Image
● Image can be loaded by Docker and is used to create
Docker Container.
– Docker Container
● Instance of a Docker Image.
● Dockerfile Dockerfile is
located here!
– Build a Docker Image from Dockerfile with:
docker build -t username/imagename .
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Exercise: How to use Docker
● Docker Image
– List all Docker Images:
docker images
– Remove Docker Image with name 'imagename':
docker rmi imagename
● Docker Container
– List all Docker Containers with size:
docker ps -as
– Remove Docker Container 'containername':
docker rm containername
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Exercise: How to use Docker
● Remove the Docker Container and Docker Image of the
hello-world application.
● Then pull the image (with the pull command) and run it
again.

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Exercise: How to use Docker
● Other useful Docker commands:
– docker create imagename
– docker start containername
– docker stop containername
– docker restart containername
– docker kill containername

● The „httpd“ Docker Image can be used to test above

documented commands.

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What we have learned

● Your are familiar with basic usage and commands of

Docker.

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