What does production look like?

For the final section of this chapter, we are going to discuss what production should look like. This section isn't going to be as long as you think it will be, as the sheer number of options that are available means that it would be impossible to cover them all. You should also already have a good idea of what would work best for you based on the previous sections and chapters.

Instead, we are going to be looking at some questions that you should be asking yourself when planning your environments.

Your Docker hosts

Docker hosts are the key component of your environment. Without these, you won't have anywhere to run your containers. As we have already seen in previous chapters, there are a few considerations to bear in mind when it comes to running your Docker hosts.

The first thing you need to take into account is that, if your hosts are running Docker, they should not run any other services.

Mixing of processes

You should...