Docker platform Docker is one of the most popular platforms that enable developers to host their applications within containers. It can be run on either the Windows, Linux, or macOS and ensures a standardized software…
Setting up Docker For this exercise, we are going to configure Docker so that you can see your first container in action. Proceed as follows: Sign up on Docker Hub at the following URL: https://hub.docker.com/…
Creating our first Docker image For this exercise, you will need to first sign in to Docker Hub. Then, follow the next steps: Once signed in, click on the Repositories button on the top menu…
AKS Kubernetes is designed as a management and orchestration service to assist with managing containers and creating a mechanism for scale. AKS is a serverless implementation of the Kubernetes service, which minimizes the management of…
Creating an Azure container registry For this exercise, we are going to create a registry in Azure Container Registry. As mentioned previously, this is very similar to Docker Hub but is native to Azure. Proceed…
Deploying your first Azure container instance For this exercise, you will create a container group and then deploy a container instance to the group with the following steps: Sign in to the Azure portal at…
Configuring container groups for Azure container instances For this exercise, we are going to configure an Azure container group using an ARM template and Azure Cloud Shell using the following steps: Sign in to the…
Configuring sizing and scaling for Azure container instances Azure container instances cannot be resized after deployment; you will notice there are no options to do so in the Azure portal. The only way to resize…