Docker, shortly
- What problems does docker solve?
- Whats the difference between images and containers?
- How does Docker help create applications?
Why Docker?
Streamline the otherwise tedious management of vm deployment. Consistently test and deploy your code without the hassle of configuring various environments.
Whats the difference between virtual machines and containers?
Normally a VM fleet wpuld consist of many VMs, all managed by a hypervisor, which runs on a host OS that is installed on usual server hardware.
So basically the server has a host OS, and the virtual machines themselves have a complete operating system installed.
Other than typical VMs, containers dont have a guest OS. Inside the container you can build whatever you want.
Dockerfiles
Dockerfiles contain the instructions to build your docker images. They exist just as “Dockerfile” in your Project Repo, no file extension.
small example:
FROM ubuntu
RUN apt update
RUN apt install something
CMD ["echo" "hello World"]The FROM statement declares the image your image should be based on.
RUN is used to execute commands during the building of the image, while CMD is only executed once when the container is created out of the image.
You would build an run your container like so:
docker build -t someName .
docker run -d -restart unless-stopped someNameExample for Webserver:
# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3
LABEL maintainer="jakob@endler.tech"
# Set environment varibles
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
ENV DJANGO_ENV dev
RUN mkdir /app
WORKDIR /app
ADD . /app
RUN pip install poetry
RUN poetry install
EXPOSE 8018
CMD poetry run gunicorn -w 2 -b 127.0.0.1:8018 portfolio.wsgirelated: