Docker#

Docker is a platform that uses OS-level virtualization to host application packaged in containers.

https://www.docker.com/

../_images/topology.png

Operating Systems#

These guides are written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 based operating systems and are compatible with AlmaLinux 8 and Rocky Linux 8.

Access Controls#

The access permissions to the Docker node will dependent on use case.

Hostnames#

These guides use the following example Hostnames and FQDN for Docker. FQDNs can be provided by utilizing a DNS server or installing a hosts file on the system itself.

Note

An example /etc/hosts file has been provided: hosts

Hostname

FQDN

Function

Type

IPv4 Address

docker

docker.engwsc.example.com

Docker Host

VM Guest

192.168.1.87

Guides#

The following guides are required to deploy Docker:

  1. Docker OS Installation Guide

  2. Docker Deployment Guide