In the past few years, Docker has emerged as one of the most exciting new pieces of technology. Numerous companies, both enterprise and start-ups, have embraced the tool.
Several first-party and third-party tools have been developed to extend the core Docker functionality. This book will guide you through the process of installing, configuring, and using these tools, as well as help you understand which is the best tool for the job.
Chapter 1, Introduction to Extending Docker, discusses Docker and some of the problems that it solves. We will also discuss some of the ways in which the core Docker engine can be extended to gain additional functionality.
Chapter 2, Introducing First-party Tools, covers the tools provided by Docker to work alongside the core Docker Engine. These are Docker Toolbox, Docker Compose, Docker Machine, and Docker Swarm.
Chapter 3, Volume Plugins, introduces Docker plugins. We will start by looking at the default volume plugin that ships with Docker and look at three third-party plugins.
Chapter 4, Network Plugins, explains how to extend our container's networking across multiple Docker hosts, both locally and in public clouds.
Chapter 5, Building Your Own Plugin, introduces how to best approach writing your own Docker storage or network plugin.
Chapter 6, Extending Your Infrastructure, covers how to use several established DevOps tools to deploy and manage both your Docker hosts and containers.
Chapter 7, Looking at Schedulers, discusses how you can deploy Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Rancher, following the previous chapters.
Chapter 8, Security, Challenges, and Conclusions, helps to explain the security implications of where you deploy your Docker images from, as well as looking at the various tools that we have covered in the previous chapters and the situations they are best deployed in.