In this chapter, we walked you through the high-level flow on the software supply chain, from CI's initial build all way to the image-running production. We covered some important key topics as we walked through the pipeline. Then we started building the production platform.

Building upon what we learned in the pilot about the Docker Enterprise installation and configuration, we discussed some additional factors to consider for your production environment. Finally, we talked about data management and maintenance for your Docker Enterprise clusters. Remember, you want to start with your non-production cluster to test out all of the new changes prior to updating your production systems.

This should be enough to get started with your first application in production. However, we still have a few important topics to cover related to deploying the application and operating...