Implementing Containerized Solutions

One of the most game-changing and exciting innovations in recent times for developers is a technology known as containers. You will start by exploring the topic of containers with an introduction to what containers and container images are and why interest in containers is rapidly growing among developers. You will explore the components of a Dockerfile and use it to build a container image and run a container. With a grasp of containers, you will then move on to Azure specifics with Azure container registry (ACR), Azure container instances (ACI), and Azure container apps (ACA).

This chapter will give you an understanding of what containers and container images are, their value, and some of the Azure services related to containers. Following the practical exercises in this chapter will provide you with experience of constructing Dockerfiles, building container images, pushing container images to ACR, and running instances of containers using...