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Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Consisting of Docker Engine, a portable, lightweight runtime and packaging tool, and Docker Hub, a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows, Docker enables apps to be quickly assembled from components and eliminates the friction between development, QA, and production environments. As a result, IT can ship faster and run the same app, unchanged, on laptops, data center VMs, and any cloud.
Source: What is Docker
- 10-minute Interactive Tutorial
- Docker Training
- Read this complete article: Basics – Docker, Containers, Hypervisors, CoreOS
- Watch the video: Docker for Developers (54:26) by @jpetazzo
- Docker Jumpstart: a quick introduction
- Docker Curriculum: A comprehensive tutorial for getting started with Docker. Teaches how to use Docker and deploy dockerized apps on AWS with Elastic Beanstalk and Elastic Container Service.
- Install Docker on your machine and play with a few Useful Images
- Try Panamax: Docker Management for Humans It will install a CoreOS VM with VirtualBox and has nice front end
- Install Docker Toolbox Docker Toolbox is an installer to quickly and easily install and setup a Docker environment on your computer. Available for both Windows and Mac, the Toolbox installs Docker Client, Machine, Compose (Mac only), Kitematic and VirtualBox.
- Check out: Docker Cheat Sheet by @wsargent MUST SEE
- Project Web Dev : (Article series) How to create your own website based on Docker
- Docker Containers on the desktop by @jfrazelle) The funniest way to
learn
about docker! (Tips: checkout her dotfiles and her dockerfiles)
- Container Hacks and Fun Images by @jfrazelle @ DockerCon 2015 MUST WATCH VIDEO (38:50)
- Learn Docker Full environment set up, screenshots, step-by-step tutorial and more resources (video, articles, cheat sheets) by @dwyl
- Getting Started with Docker by @fideloper -- Servers For Hackers is valuable resource. At some point, every programmer finds themselves needing to know their way around a server.
- What is Docker and how do you monitor it?
- How to Use Docker on OS X: The Missing Guide
- Docker for (Java) Developers
- Deploying NGINX with Docker
- Eight Docker Development Patterns
- Rails Development Environment for OS X using Docker
- Logging on Docker: What You Need to Know + see the
video (~50min)
- Comparing Five Monitoring Options for Docker
- Minimalistic data-only container for Docker Compose (Written Mar 1, 2015)
- Running Docker Containers with Systemd
- Dockerizing Flask With Compose and Machine - From Localhost to the Cloud -- GitHub Learn how to deploy an application using Docker Compose and Docker Machine (written 17 April 2015)
- Why and How to use Docker for Development (written 28 APR 2015)
- Automating Docker Logging: ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Logspout (written 27 APR 2015)
- Docker Host Volume Synchronization (written 1 JUN 2015)
- Multi-Service Local Development Environment with Vagrant and Docker (written 29 MAY 2015)
- From Local Development to Remote Deployment with Docker Machine and Compose (written 2 JUL 2015)
- Docker: Build, Ship and Run Any App, Anywhere by Martijn Dwars, Wiebe van Geest, Rik Nijessen, and Rick Wieman from Delft University of Technology (written 2 JUL 2015)
- Joining the Docker Ship Learn how to contribute to docker (written 9 JUL 2015)
- Continuous Deployment with Gradle and Docker Describes a complete pipeline from source to production deploy (includes a complete Spring Boot example project) by
@gesellix
- Containerization and the PaaS Cloud -- This article discusses the requirements that arise from having to facilitate applications through distributed multicloud platforms.
- Docker for Development: Common Problems and Solutions by @rdsubhas
- Docker Adoption Data A study by Datadog on the real world Docker usage stastics and deployment patterns.
- How to monitor Docker (4-part series)
- Using Ansible with Docker Machine to Bootstrap Host Nodes by @nathanleclaire
- sen Terminal user interface for docker engine, by @TomasTomecek
- wharfee Autocompletion and syntax highlighting for Docker commands.) by @j-bennet
- ctop A command line / text based Linux Containers monitoring tool that works just like you expect by @yadutaf
- dry An interactive CLI for Docker containers
- GoSu ("run this specific application as this specific user and get out of the pipeline" -- entrypoint script tool) by @tianon
- Chaperone ("A single PID1 process designed for docker containers. Does user management, log management, startup, zombie reaping, all in one small package.) by @garywiz
- ns-enter (no more ssh, enter name spaces of container) by @jpetazzo
- Squid-in-a-can (in case of proxy problem) by @jpetazzo
- docker-gen (Generate files from docker container meta-data) by @jwilder
- dockerize (Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers) by @jwilder
- registrator (Service registry bridge for Docker) by @progrium
- Dockly (Dockly is a gem made to ease the pain of packaging an application in Docker.) by @swipely
- docker-volumes (Docker Volume Manager) by @cpuguy83
- dockerfile_lint (A rule-based 'linter' for Dockerfiles) by @redhataccess
- powerstrip (A tool for prototyping Docker extensions) by @clusterhq
- Vagga (Vagga is a containerisation tool without daemons. It is a fully-userspace container engine inspired by Vagrant and Docker, specialized for development environments.) by @tailhook
- dockerode (Not just another Docker Remote API node.js module) by @apocas
- go-dockerclient (Go HTTP client for the Docker remote API.) by @fsouza
- container-factory (produces Docker images from tarballs of application source code http://www.containerfactory.io) by @lsqio
- percheron (Organise your Docker containers with muscle and intelligence) by [@ashmckenzie]
(https://github.com/ashmckenzie)
- crane (Lift containers with ease. Easy orchestration for images and containers) by @michaelsauter
- sherdock (Automatic GC of images based on regexp) by @rancherio
- bocker (1) (Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash) by p8952
- bocker (2) (Write Dockerfile completely in Bash. Extensible and simple. --> Reusable) by @icy
- docker-gc (A cron job that will delete old stopped containers and unused images) by @spotify
- dlayer (Stats collector for Docker layers) by @wercker
- forward2docker (Utility to auto forward a port from localhost into ports on Docker containers running in a boot2docker VM) by @bsideup
- dockramp (Proof of Concept: A Client Driven Docker Image Builder) by @jlhawn
- portainer (Apache Mesos framework for building Docker images) by @tarnfeld
- Gradle Docker plugin a Docker remote api plugin for Gradle by
@gesellix
- Docker client a Docker remote api client library for the JVM, written in Groovy by @gesellix
- Dropdock a framework designed for Drupal to build fast, isolated development environments using Docker.
- Devstep (Development environments powered by Docker and buildpacks) by
@fgrehm
- Lorry (Lorry is a docker-compose.yml validator and composer) by
@CenturyLinkLabs
- Dray (Dray is an engine for managing the execution of container-based workflows. Docker Workflow Engine - UNIX pipes for Docker) by @CenturyLinkLabs
- docker-do hassle-free docker run, like env but for docker by @benzaita
- Docker osx dev A productive development environment with Docker on OS X by @brikis98
- rocker extended Dockerfile builder. Supports multiple FROMs, MOUNTS, templates, etc. by grammarly.
- dexec Command line interface for running code with Docker Exec images. https://docker-exec.github.io/ written in Go.
- crowdr Tool for managing multiple Docker containers (docker-compose alternative) by @polonskiy
- ahab Docker event handling with Python by @instacart
- docker-garby Docker garbage collection script by @konstruktoid.
- DevLab Utility for running containerized development environments
- is-docker Check if the process is running inside a Docker container by @sindresorhus
- Docker meets the IDE Integrating your favorite containers in the editor of your choice by domeide
- DVM Docker version manager by @getcarina
Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
- Captain - Convert your Git workflow to Docker containers ready for Continuous Delivery by @harbur
- CircleCI - Push or pull Docker images from your build environment, or build and run containers right on CircleCI.
- CodeShip - Work with your established Docker workflows while automating your testing and deployment tasks with our hosted platform dedicated to speed and security.
- Docker plugin for Jenkins - The aim of the docker plugin is to be able to use a docker host to dynamically provision a slave, run a single build, then tear-down that slave.
- Dockunit - Docker based integration tests. A simple Node based utility for running Docker based unit tests. By @dockunit
- Drone - Continuous integration server built on Docker and configured using YAML files.
- GitLab CI - GitLab has integrated CI to test, build and deploy your code with the use of GitLab runners.
- GOCD-DockerGo Server and Agent in docker containers to provision.
- IBM DevOps Services - Continuous delivery using a pipeline deployment onto IBM Containers on Bluemix.
- Shippable - A SaaS platform for developers and DevOps teams that significantly reduces the time taken for code to be built, tested and deployed to production.
- Watchtower - Automatically update running Docker containers by
@CenturyLinkLabs
- Microservices Continuous Deployment - continuous deployment of a microservices application
- Conduit - Experimental deployment system for Docker by @ehazlett
- depcon - Depcon is written in Go and allows you to easily deploy Docker containers to Apache Mesos/Marathon, Amazon ECS and Kubernetes. By @gonodr
- dockit - Do docker actions and Deploy gluster containers!
- Last.Backend - Last.Backend platform is designed for automatization of all routine work with the server and deployment of applications in one click using the visual interface.
- rocker-compose - Docker composition tool with idempotency features for deploying apps composed of multiple containers.
- Zodiac - A lightweight tool for easy deployment and rollback of dockerized applications. By @CenturyLinkLabs
Hosting for repositories (registries)
Securely store your Docker images.
- Docker Hub (provided by Docker Inc.)
- Quay.io (part of CoreOS) - Secure hosting for private Docker repositories
- Reesd - Private Docker repositories and redundant storage service by @noteed
- Amazon ECS - A management service on EC2 that supports Docker containers.
- Docker Tutum (part of Docker Inc) - Simple hosting for your Docker containers. -> now Docker Cloud
- Docker Cloud - Former Tutum
- Google Container Engine - Docker containers on Google Cloud Computing powered by Kubernetes.
- Giant Swarm - Simple microservice infrastructure. Deploy your containers in seconds.
- IBM Bluemix - Run Docker containers in a hosted cloud environment on IBM Bluemix.
- OpenShift Dedicated - A hosted OpenShift cluster for running your Docker containers managed by Red Hat.
- Orchard (part of Docker Inc) - Get a Docker host in the cloud, instantly.
- Triton - Elastic container-native infrastructure by Joyent.
Volume management and plugins
- Blockbridge - The Blockbridge plugin is a volume plugin that provides access to an extensible set of container-based persistent storage options. It supports single and multi-host Docker environments with features that include tenant isolation, automated provisioning, encryption, secure deletion, snapshots and QoS. By @blockbridge
- Convoy - an open-source Docker volume driver that can snapshot, backup and restore Docker volumes anywhere. By @rancher
- Azure Files Volume Driver - A Docker volume driver that allows you to mount persistent volumes backed by Microsoft Azure File Service. By @ahmetalpbalkan
- Docker Unison A docker volume container using Unison for fast two-way folder sync. Created as an alternative to slow boot2docker volumes on OS X. By @leighmcculloch
- Netshare A Docker volume plugin written in Go that supports mounting NFS, AWS EFS & CIFS volumes within a container. By @gondor
- Docker Machine NFS Activates NFS for an existing boot2docker box created through Docker Machine on OS X.
- REX-Ray Vendor agnostic storage orchestration engine to provide persistent storage for Docker containers as well as Mesos frameworks and tasks.
- Local Persist Specify a mountpoint for your local volumes (created via docker volume create) so that files will always persist and so you can mount to different directories in different containers.
- Axibase Time-Series Database (Long-term retention of container statistics and built-in dashboards for Docker. Collected with native Google cAdvisor storage driver.)
- cAdvisor (Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers. created by @Google
- Datadog Datadog is a full-stack monitoring service for large-scale cloud environments that aggregates metrics/events from servers, databases, and applications. It includes support for Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos.
- Dockerana (packaged version of Graphite and Grafana, specifically targeted at metrics from Docker.)
- Docker-mon (Console-based Docker monitoring) by @icecrime
- [Glances] (http://nicolargo.github.io/glances/) (A cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool written in Python) by @nicolargo
- InfluxDB, cAdvisor, Grafana (InfluxDB Time series DB in combination with Grafana and cAdvisor) by @vegasbrianc
- Meros Analyzes containers resources, captures logs, remote web SSH terminal and powerful DevOps alerts.
- New Relic New Relics Docker Monitoring tool
- Prometheus (Open-source service monitoring system and time series database)
- Ruxit Monitor containerized applications without installing agents or modifiying your Run commands
- Seagull (Friendly Web UI to monitor docker daemon.) by @tobegit3hub
- Site24x7 Docker MOnitoring for DevOps and IT is a SaaS Pay per Host model
- Sysdig: An open source troubleshooting tool that provides a rich set of real-time, system-level information. It has container-specific features and is very useful in Docker environments.
- Zabbix Docker module: Zabbix module that provides discovery of running containers, CPU/memory/blk IO/net container metrics. Systemd Docker and LXC execution driver is also supported. It's a dynamically linked shared object library, so its performance is (~10x) better, than any script solution.
- SPM for Docker Monitoring of host and container metrics, Docker events and logs. Automatic log parser. Anomaly Detection and alerting for metrics and logs. @sematext
- Zabbix Docker - Monitor containers automatically using zabbix LLD feature.
- Collecting docker logs and stats with Splunk
- Docker-Fluentd: (Docker container to Log Other Containers' Logs. One can aggregate the logs of Docker containers running on the same host using Fluentd.) by @kiyoto
- LogJam (Logjam is a log forwarder designed to listen on a local port, receive log entries over UDP, and forward these messages on to a log collection server (such as logstash).) by @gocardless
- Logspout (Log routing for Docker container logs) by [@gliderlabs]gliderlabs
- Logsene for Docker Monitoring of Metrics, Events and Logs implemented in Node.js. Integrated logagent-js to detect and parse various log formats. @sematext
Deployment and Infrastructure
- Centurion: Centurion is a mass deployment tool for Docker fleets. It takes containers from a Docker registry and runs them on a fleet of hosts with the correct environment variables, host volume mappings, and port mappings. By @newrelic
- Clocker: Clocker creates and manages a Docker cloud infrastructure. Clocker supports single-click deployments and runtime management of multi-node applications that run as containers distributed across multiple hosts, on both Docker and Marathon. It leverages Calico and Weave for networking and Brooklyn for application blueprints. By @brooklyncentral
- Cloud 66 - Full-stack hosted container management as a service
- deploy - Git and Docker deployment tool. A middle ground between simple Docker composition tools and full blown cluster orchestration. Declarative configuration and short commands for managing (syncing, building, running) of infrastructures of more than a few services. Able to deploy whole preconfigured server or system of services with a single line (without having to scroll the line).
- Docket: Custom docker registry that allows for lightning fast deploys through bittorrent by @netvarun
- Longshoreman: Longshoreman automates application deployment using Docker. Just create a Docker repository (or use a service), configure the cluster using AWS or Digital Ocean (or whatever you like) and deploy applications using a Heroku-like CLI tool. By longshoreman
Remote Container Manager / Orchestration
- autodock (Daemon for Docker Automation) by @prologic
- blimp Uses Docker Machine to easily move a container from one Docker host to another, show containers running against all of your hosts, replicate a container across multiple hosts and more. By @defermat and @schvin
- [Capitan] (https://github.com/byrnedo/capitan) Composable docker orchestration with added scripting support by @byrnedo.
- Citadel (Citadel is a toolkit for scheduling containers on a Docker cluster) (unmaintained)
- CloudSlang (CloudSlang is a workflow engine to create Docker process automation)
- CoreOS (Linux for Massive Server Deployments) -- https://coreos.com/
- Decking: (Decking aims to simplify the creation, organsation and running of clusters of Docker containers in a way which is familiar to developers)
- Deploying a Sample Web App with Mesos (Docker plus Mesosphere provides an easy way to automate and scale deployment of containers in a production environment)
- Flocker (Flocker is a data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool) by @ClusterHQ
- Gaudi (Gaudi allows to share multi-component applications, based on Docker, Go, and YAM) ~~ project discontinued.
- Kontena (Application Containers for Masses) -- http://www.kontena.io/
- Kubernetes (Open source orchestration system for Docker containers by Google) -- kubernetes
- Maestro (Maestro provides the ability to easily launch, orchestrate and manage mulitiple Docker containers as single unit) by @tascanini
- Marathon (Marathon is a private PaaS built on Mesos. It automatically handles hardware or software failures and ensures that an app is "always on")
- [Nomad Project] (https://www.nomadproject.io/) Easily deploy applications at any scale. A Distributed, Highly Available, Datacenter-Aware Scheduler.
- Panamax (Docker Management for Humans) -- panamax.io
- Rancher (Portable AWS-style infrastructure service for Docker) -- http://rancher.com/
- Serf (Service orchestration and management tool) by @hashicorp
- Shipyard (Composable Docker Management) -- http://shipyard-project.com/
- MCollective Docker Agent Uses MCollective to orchestrate your Docker containers and images -- @m4ce
- docker-bench-security script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production. By @docker
- notary a server and a client for running and interacting with trusted collections. By @docker
- Twistlock Twistlock Security Suite detects vulnerabilities, hardens container images, and enforces security policies across the lifecycle of applications.
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