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Learning Windows Server Containers

You're reading from   Learning Windows Server Containers Build and deploy high-quality portable apps faster

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785887932
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Srikanth Machiraju Srikanth Machiraju
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Preface 1. Exploring Virtualization FREE CHAPTER 2. Deploying First Container 3. Working with Container Images 4. Developing Container Applications 5. Deploying Container Applications 6. Storage Volumes 7. Redis Cache Containers 8. Container Network 9. Continuous Integration and Delivery 10. Manage Resource Allocation and REST API 11. Composite Containers and Clustering 12. Nano Server

docker pull

Once you figure out which image you would like to work with, you can download the image locally by using the docker pull command:

By default, the latest tag or version is pulled from the Docker Hub.

Image tagging or versions will be explained in more detail in the following sections.

Docker images are made up of multiple layers; each layer is marked with a unique identifier. When a user types docker pull, the Docker daemon downloads layers in parallel and extracts them onto your local computer. Docker is smart enough to pull only those layers that are not present on the local computer.

For example, in the preceding command, docker pull microsoft/iis, the image named microsoft/iis is made using windowsservercore as the base OS, when it is downloaded to the container host the Docker daemon pulls all the layers, but not the windowsservercore base OS image. This is because the Docker daemon is intelligent...

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