Docker Summarized Overview - 5 mins food for Geeks

Docker:
From a long time, i was quite fascinated by the way docker works and unfortunately i dint get a part of it, why the hell it can't run with windows directly (without installing boot2docker). This really challenges me to learn it from upside down and i embark my Journey to a great component called LXC in Linux. Believe me, you would understand DOCKER very easily if you know how LXC worked. Finally, i got to know DOCKER is just a way of managing your dockers in a better manner with some cherries on the cake like repository etc.

Here are my summarized notes, that anyone can learn from. I tried to keep them crisp and short. It is for just giving DOCKER a try and at least have a spoonfull of the dish.

Docker installation:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install docker.io
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/docker.io /usr/local/bin/docker
$ sudo sed -i '$acomplete -F _docker docker' /etc/bash_completion.d/docker.io

Sudo docker search ubuntu  -> search for keyword docker

Sodu docker pull ubuntu -> to Pull all ubuntu images from Docker

Sudo docker images -> show the list of all images

sudo docker run -i -t ubuntu /bin/bash  -> running  the bash sheel correctly

# Start a new container

JOB=$(sudo docker run -d ubuntu /bin/sh -c "while true; do echo Hello world; sleep 1; done")

-> After above command, the container will start and u have to press Ctrl-C to come out of it and then have to you docker ps  to see it is running.

# Stop the container

docker stop $JOB

# Start the container

docker start $JOB

# Restart the container

docker restart $JOB

# SIGKILL a container

docker kill $JOB

# Remove a container

docker stop $JOB # Container must be stopped to remove it

docker rm $JOB

Installation of Shipyard. ->

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/docker-explained-how-to-containerize-and-use-nginx-as-a-proxy

Installation of apache/nginx ->

1. sudo docker run -i -t -p 80:80 ubuntu /bin/bash  
   NOw you will be entered in the shell. Press CTRL-P & CTRL-Q aftewards to come out of the shell
2. Sudo docker ps
   THis will list the container ID of the process

3. Sudo docker attach 3edaace90360  
   This will take you to the shell.
4. Sudo apt-get update
   As the image you have download is older one, so you will need to update the package list.
5. sudo apt-get install apache2
   This will install the apache on the system.
6. Sudo service apache2 start
7. Sudo apt-get install curl
8. Curl http://localhost 
   It will show the complete  Apache Page.

 sudo docker commit 3edaace90360 panbhatt/pankaj_ubuntu_apache
This will store all the changes in that container by this name

Sudo docker images

It will list the image that is just created with the name same.

Sudo docker login

This will prompt for the docker username and password.

sudo docker push panbhatt/ubuntu-apache

This will push the image to the docker repository

Sudo docker inspect 3edaace90360

This will list the complete setting of the container (e.g. the network ports being exposed).

sudo docker port  3edaace90360 80

This will show whether the port 80 is being used by the container or not

You can also establish the LINKING Between the server, see section 2.3.1 of Docker documentation

Networking

sudo apt-get install bridge-utils   (to install brtcl on ubuntu)

Sudo brctl show  (see networking for Ubuntu, how docker establish the DOCKER brdige)

Sudo ifconfig docker0 -> To see the details of the bridge. The set of IP addres to be given to continers

You can also control the list of IP addresses need to be given to the docker.  2.4 section

Docker can also provide a functionality to allow communication between the various contains, by using   -icc parameter which can be set true/false in the bridge configuration.

Pipework project is an great work at Github to connect multiple  containers

You can always make sure that your containers are running with process managers like systemD, upstart & supervisor . Check docker documentation for 2.5 for this.

Shared director or VOLUME is the best way to share the directories from one container to another, (even if the source container is not working at all).

You can also mount a HOST directory to an container too. This will allow it to use any available configuration or properties directory to the host system.

DockerFile

1. Touch Dockerfile
2. Write the following contents, see documentation for greater detail.
    

# DOCKER-VERSION 1.0.1

FROM ubuntu:14.10

RUN sudo apt-get update

RUN sudo apt-get install -y nginx

RUN sudo apt-get install -y curl

RUN sudo service nginx restart

EXPOSE 80

3. Build the image by running the following command
   sudo docker build -t panbhatt/ubuntu_nginx_df .
   if it says -> "Successfully built fc09cc5af0c5"
   use "sudo docker images" to see your name of this VM is there.
4. Now Run this image:
   sudo docker run -i -p 8000:80  -t panbhatt/ubuntu_nginx_df /bin/bash
   Now attach yourself to this and enjoy.