Tutorial: Docker Container Orchestration: Building Clusters in Production

So many of us want to take containers into production, but are unsure of the tools and best practices for doing so. This lab will have you deploying into a cluster and operate them in real-word scenar …

So many of us want to take containers into production, but are unsure of the tools and best practices for doing so. This lab will have you deploying into a cluster and operate them in real-word scenarios. This skips the Docker basic’s of local development. Rather, it focuses on the tools and techniques of daily building and operating container clusters using Docker. Attendees will be provided their own 5-node cloud setup for the day. Slides/repos will be open source. All tools showcased are open source. First we’ll focus on the features of Docker Swarm, which is built into Docker and provides clustering out of the box. We’ll build a cluster, deploy sample distributed applications, and perform blue/green updates to containers in-flight, including rollback. Next, we’ll focus on security and 3rd party tools for logging and monitoring including User Namespaces, ELK and Prometheus.