A Complete Guide to Docker for Operations and Development: Test-Prep for the Docker Certified Associate (DCA) Exam

by Engy Fouda

Overview

Harness the power of Docker by containerizing your code with all its libraries and file systems to consistently run anywhere. This book is your source for learning all about Docker operations and development. It’s divided into two units and focuses on the topics that the Docker Certified Associate exam covers.

Unit 1 covers the Docker fundamentals, such as Docker Enterprise for Operations, Docker Enterprise for Developers, Swarm, and an introduction to Kubernetes. You will learn how to install Docker Community Edition, Docker Enterprise Edition with Kubernetes and CLI. Also, you will learn the Docker cycle, container lifecycle, develop applications in any language, wrap, build, ship, and deploy them for production. Finally, you will learn how to create a Swarm cluster, deploy an app to it, and manage it with the best practices according to the current technologies.

Unit 2 provides quizzes to help you prepare for the certification test. The DCA exam format and the question style has changed since Mirantis acquired Docker. To accommodate this, the quizzes mirror these changes.

What You’ll Learn

• Understand the difference between containerization and virtualization
• Install Docker CE on various platforms and manage the resources
• Write Dockerfile, Docker Compose YAML, and Kubernetes manifest YAML files
• Compare microservices and monolithic applications
• Containerize monolithic applications

Who This Book Is For

Software developers, Cloud Architects, and DevOps operation managers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484281161
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	04/29/2022
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	201
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Engy Fouda is an adjunct lecturer at Suny New Paltz University. She also teaches SAS, Docker Fundamentals, Docker for Enterprise Developers, Docker for Enterprise Operations, and Kubernetes at a Microsoft Training Partner, ONLC Training Centers, and at several other venues as a freelance instructor. She is an Apress and Packt Publishing author. Moreover, she has more than 20 years of experience passing technical certificates. All her students always pass the certifications from the first try. She holds two master’s degrees, one in journalism with a Data Science Professional Graduate Certificate from Harvard University, Extension School, and another in computer engineering from Cairo University, Egypt.

Table of Contents

Unit 1: Docker Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Installation and Configuration

Chapter 3: Image and Containers Creation, Management, and Registry

Chapter 4: Networking

Chapter 5: Storage and Volumes

Chapter 6: Docker Enterprise Edition/Mirantis Kubernetes Edition installation

Chapter 7: Universal Control Plane (UCP)

Chapter 8: Docker Trusted Registry (DTR)

Chapter 9: Microservices

Chapter 10: Orchestration

Chapter 11: Security, RBAC, and DCT

Chapter 12: DCA exam guide

Unit 2: Exam Prep Quizzes

Chapter 13: Orchestration Quiz

Chapter 14: Image Creation, Management, and Registry Quiz

Chapter 15: Installation and Configuration Quiz

Chapter 16: Networking Quiz

Chapter 17: Security Quiz

Chapter 18: Storage and Volumes Quiz