Docker Deep Dive

First thing first, if you are wondering what Docker is ? Where to get started with ? Heard about Docker Certification, wish to write the exam in future ? Heard about Docker in various conferences or meetups or youtube videos and wish to learn and learn it WELL, Just get this BOOK. No need to waste your time reading anyone review(including this one :) ) Just like any other book/course from Nigel, this is again a master piece. If you never read any of Nigel’s book or gone through any of his course, let me tell you few facts, which is common across any of his course or book: “You will feel like he is sitting next to you explaining you like a friend(in the most funniest was possible)” “You will not realise that you have just concurred a complex concept without any effort” “Once you complete a chapter when you will feel like you have seriously learned something” “You will gain motivation with every page you read” “YOU WOULD LEARN HOW TO TEACH OTHERS” No matter you are new to Docker or intermediate or experienced, this will help to strengthen your concepts, I personally liked these following sections: 1. Images section, ID, hashes, etc. 2. Engine section, 3. Swarm 4. Networking - It was always confusing to me, but just after a 20 pages of read, it was so clear. As much as a fact is that one would need to read through multiple books/documents in different capacities to master a concept or skillsets that the books are intended to, but to defy that fact is this one single book which is so crystal clear in its concept and logics that you right away understand every aspect of Docker and I can bet, you would not need to look into any other book for any reference at any point of time! Such is the MAGIC of this BOOK! I would highly encourage to have his online class of Docker Deep Drive in Plurasight as well to complement this book. The book also helps you guide what next step to take, how to go from there, … I can promise you that once you complete reading this book and practice along, you can pick anything around docker by reading other books/documentens/etc. I have been following Nigel since 2008, ever since I started my career as a Storage Performance Engineer, he is a great inspiration and motivation for me, and whatever small I have achieved so far in my life is due to this great gentlemen.

I got about the right amount of information (and perhaps some) I was expecting to get from the book, so I'm happy. This is a perfect book for people who have no prior exposure to Docker as well as for those who have some but have gaps to fill. I fall in the latter. Having the read the book, I now feel well-equipped to talk to my colleagues who have been working with Docker longer than I have and ask them why we did things one way versus the other, or whether or not we're using certain features. This is certainly not a complete reference (you have the Docker website for that). But it covers a lot of ground. It gets you to a place where you know all the tools there are at your disposal and how to use them. Then you can dig some more (e.g. all other available command-line options) when you actually start using them. Nigel, whom I've had the pleasure of corresponding with, has a relaxed writing style, which I actually liked (I found him on PluralSight first). It's like some friendly, competent colleague giving you a TOI in the morning. And yes, it has to be in the morning because I usually get post-lunch dips. So, I would probably just waste your time if we did it in the afternoon. But I digress. Great book on Docker.

I read this book whole heartedly - all 400 pages of goodness in it. It is worth the price for its content. So for that I think this book deserves at least 4 stars. The book, not only was an interesting read for me, but I learned tonnes of infrastructure concepts as well besides docker. The author is a funny guy too - so it made the overall experience very pleasing. In fact for the certification exam, I only relied on this material and a few reading of docker manuals (NOT ALL). The reason why am deducting 1 star is the book is not complete enough to cover all aspects of the certification exam. I was able to pass it, but because it occurred to me that to scrub through the Docker manuals for some stuff. IMO, it missed these key points at the cost of repetition of certain content: - container cpu/mem/resource allocations - more coverage on Dockerfile syntax - more coverage on additional docker constructs: commit / save / load - basically small nifty features that docker provides OOTB for image management - Additional real world scenarios - such as updating docker secret for swarm, etc Plus there was a typo in Ch 17 - Camaro instead of Camero! Not a biggie :) Overall, I do recommend this book - its worth the price tag.

This is an excellent book to teach you Docker from beginner to pro! Nigel is great at explaining concepts with colorful pictures that make sense !! Thank you Nigel. I’m reading your Kubernetes book next !

Absolutely loved the book. I'm a Network Engineer who has slowly took on more and more SysAd roles. This book has really helped me get a better grasp on Docker so that I can provide assistance to the developers I support. I liked the structure as well. The TLDR and deep dive I felt was very accomdiating to a multitude of readers. Thanks again Nigel!

This book is a one stop for someone who wants to understand the fundamental building block driving the micro service architecture i.e. docker. I found this book pretty comprehensive and to the point. I highly recommend this book and want to send my huge thank to the author for publishing this book.

Good book for DevOps beginners.

I just landed a DevOps role and wanted to be up and running on containers. Some of the video courses I had taken on some other platforms were not satisfactory. But this book checked all the boxes after reading the reviews here pre-purchase. So with a leaf of faith, I bought Nigels's Docker and Kubernetes books. I really enjoyed every chapter from images, container, docker-compose, and most importantly Docker Swarm and Stack. Please Nigel Poulton, this book is too good not to have index pages at the end. This book was everything I needed. And five-star is the least it least rating it deserves. Thanks for all the thoughts Next stop: Nigel Poulton "The Kubernetes book"

Ich habe das Buch im Zuge meiner Masterarbeit gekauft, da es mir von meinem Betreuer empfohlen wurde. Bisher finde ich es hervorragend.

I'll tell you what: I received the book today at 2pm. It is now almost 7pm, and I'm at page 125 (out of 181). I followed all examples by actually typing and inspecting commands on my Linux machine(s), so I didn't just glance over the book so far. The content is really just a good overview of Docker. It never really digs deep though, and to my surprise there's zero content on Docker files or volume sharing (I looked beyond page 125 before writing this review). While the book covers overlay networking, it doesn't tell you how to replace the standard networking model, or how the Docker0 bridge works for instance. I had a pretty good understanding of essential Docker before buying this book, and my knowledge has only marginally increased so far. Not exactly the deep dive I expected. It's a good introduction book though, but if you're looking for advanced topics on Docker, this is not your book.

Great for a (2-year in industry) developer learning new concepts regarding containers. Personally, whilst it's "zero to Docker", some developmental/industry knowledge is required. Very well explained content and examples, in a fun way to learn. I'm now reading The Kubernetes Book (also paperback).