Preparing Docker Hosts

Docker allows us to deliver applications to our customers faster. It simplifies the workflows needed to get code from development to production by being able to easily create and launch Docker containers. This chapter will be a quick refresher on how to get our environment ready to run Docker-based development and operations workflow by doing the following:

• Preparing a Docker host
• Enabling remote access to Docker hosts
• Building a Docker Swarm cluster

Most of the parts of this chapter are concepts that we are already familiar with and these  are readily available in the Docker documentation website. This chapter shows selected commands and interactions with the Docker host that will be used in the succeeding chapters.