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Docker Certified Associate (DCA): Exam Guide

By : Francisco Javier Ramírez Urea
Book Image

Docker Certified Associate (DCA): Exam Guide

By: Francisco Javier Ramírez Urea

Overview of this book

Developers have changed their deployment artifacts from application binaries to container images, and they now need to build container-based applications as containers are part of their new development workflow. This Docker book is designed to help you learn about the management and administrative tasks of the Containers as a Service (CaaS) platform. The book starts by getting you up and running with the key concepts of containers and microservices. You'll then cover different orchestration strategies and environments, along with exploring the Docker Enterprise platform. As you advance, the book will show you how to deploy secure, production-ready, container-based applications in Docker Enterprise environments. Later, you'll delve into each Docker Enterprise component and learn all about CaaS management. Throughout the book, you'll encounter important exam-specific topics, along with sample questions and detailed answers that will help you prepare effectively for the exam. By the end of this Docker containers book, you'll have learned how to efficiently deploy and manage container-based environments in production, and you will have the skills and knowledge you need to pass the DCA exam.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1 - Key Container Concepts
8
Section 2 - Container Orchestration
12
Section 3 - Docker Enterprise
17
Section 4 - Preparing for the Docker Certified Associate Exam

Publishing applications in Kubernetes using ingress controllers

As mentioned previously, ingress controllers are special Kubernetes components that are deployed to publish applications and services.

Ingress resources will define rules and routes required to expose HTTP and HTTPS deployed services.

An ingress controller will complete this equation as a reverse proxy, adding load-balancing capabilities. These features can be arranged by an external edge router or a cluster-deployed software proxy. Any of these will manage traffic using dynamic configurations built using ingress resource rules.

We can also use ingress for TCP and UDP raw services. This will depend on which ingress reverse proxy has been deployed. It is customary to publish an application's services using protocols other than HTTP and HTTPS. In this case, we can use either Router Mesh on Docker Swarm or NodePort/LoadBalancer on Kubernetes.

An ingress resource may look like the following YAML file:

apiVersion: networking...