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Docker Deep Knowledge Guide

Docker is a platform for containerizing applications, providing lightweight, isolated environments for running apps. It includes key components like Docker Engine, Docker Hub, and commands for managing images and containers, as well as features for data persistence and multi-container applications through Docker Compose. The benefits of using Docker include consistency, portability, efficiency, isolation, and scalability for various use cases such as microservices and CI/CD pipelines.

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Docker Deep Knowledge Guide

Docker is a platform for containerizing applications, providing lightweight, isolated environments for running apps. It includes key components like Docker Engine, Docker Hub, and commands for managing images and containers, as well as features for data persistence and multi-container applications through Docker Compose. The benefits of using Docker include consistency, portability, efficiency, isolation, and scalability for various use cases such as microservices and CI/CD pipelines.

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Complete Docker Deep Knowledge Guide

1. What is Docker?
Docker is a platform for containerizing applications.

A container is:

- A lightweight, isolated environment for running an application.

- It packages everything needed: source code, libraries, dependencies, and runtime.

Comparison:

VM (Virtual Machine) vs Docker Container

- Heavy (GBs) vs Lightweight (MBs)

- Full OS per app vs Shared OS kernel

- Slow boot (minutes) vs Fast boot (seconds)

- Resource intensive vs Resource efficient

2. Docker Architecture
Main components:

- Docker Engine: Client-server app on your machine.

- Docker Daemon (dockerd): Runs in background, manages containers/images.

- Docker CLI (docker): Command-line interface to interact with Docker.

- Docker Hub: Online repo to share/download images (like GitHub but for images).

3. Images vs Containers
Image vs Container

- Image: Blueprint (immutable)

- Container: Running instance (mutable)


Dockerfile Example:

FROM node:20

WORKDIR /app

COPY package.json .

RUN npm install

COPY . .

CMD ["node", "index.js"]

4. Key Docker Commands


- docker pull node:20

- docker build -t myapp:latest .

- docker run -d -p 3000:3000 myapp:latest

- docker ps

- docker ps -a

- docker stop <id>

- docker rm <id>

- docker rmi myapp:latest

5. Data Persistence: Volumes


Containers lose data when stopped - unless you mount a volume.

- Volumes can be named or bind-mounted.

Command:

docker run -v /my/host/folder:/app/data myapp

6. Multi-Stage Builds
Optimizes image size.
Example:

FROM node:20 AS builder

WORKDIR /app

COPY . .

RUN npm run build

FROM nginx:alpine

COPY --from=builder /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html

7. Docker Compose
Used to define & run multi-container apps.

docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.8'

services:

app:

build: .

ports:

- "3000:3000"

db:

image: postgres:14

environment:

POSTGRES_PASSWORD: example

Run: docker-compose up -d

8. Advanced Docker Concepts


Networking:
- docker network create mynet

- docker run --network=mynet myapp

Health checks:

HEALTHCHECK CMD curl --fail http://localhost:3000 || exit 1

Logging & Monitoring:

- Integrated with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

Security:

- Minimal base images (alpine)

- Avoid running apps as root

- Update base images

9. Use Cases of Docker


- Microservices

- Dev environments

- CI/CD pipelines

- Platform-independent apps

- Scaling applications (Kubernetes)

10. Summary: Why Use Docker


Benefit vs Reason:

- Consistency: Same app across dev/test/prod

- Portability: Run anywhere

- Efficiency: Lightweight, fast booting

- Isolation: Apps run independently

- Scalability: Easily replicate or scale


What to Learn Next?
- Docker Compose

- Multi-stage builds

- Docker Swarm / Kubernetes

- Container security best practices

- CI/CD with Docker

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