Awesome Docker [][sindresorhus]

A curated list of Docker resources and projects

If you would like to contribute, please read [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing] first. It contains a lot of tips and guidelines to help keep things organized. Just click [README.md][editreadme] to submit a [pull request][editreadme]. If this list is not complete, you can [contribute][editreadme] to make it so. Here is a great video tutorial to learn how to contribute on Github.

Please, help organize these resources so that they are easy to find and understand for newcomers. See how to [Contribute][contributing] for tips!

If you see a link here that is not (any longer) a good fit, you can fix it by submitting a [pull request][editreadme] to improve this file. Thank you!

The creators and maintainers of this list do not receive any form of payment to accept a change made by any contributor. This page is not an official Docker product in any way. It is a list of links to projects and is maintained by volunteers. Everybody is welcome to contribute. The goal of this repo is to index open-source projects, not to advertise for profit.

All the links are monitored and tested with a home baked Node.js script

Contents

Legend
What is Docker
Where to start
Where to start (Windows)
Projects
Useful Resources
Communities and Meetups

Legend

Abandoned :skull:
Beta :construction:
Monetized :heavy_dollar_sign:

What is Docker

Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Consisting of Docker Engine, a portable, lightweight runtime and packaging tool, and Docker Hub, a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows, Docker enables apps to be quickly assembled from components and eliminates the friction between development, QA, and production environments. As a result, IT can ship faster and run the same app, unchanged, on laptops, data center VMs, and any cloud.

Source: What is Docker

Where to start

Benefits of using Docker for development and delivery, with a practical roadmap for adoption.
Bootstrapping Microservices by Ashley Davis - A practical and project-based guide to building applications with microservices, starts by building a Docker image for a single microservice and publishing it to a private container registry, finishes by deploying a complete microservices application to a production Kubernetes cluster.
Docker Curriculum: A comprehensive tutorial for getting started with Docker. Teaches how to use Docker and deploy dockerized apps on AWS with Elastic Beanstalk and Elastic Container Service.
Docker Documentation: the official documentation.
Docker for beginners: A tutorial for beginners who need to learn the basics of Docker—from "Hello world!" to basic interactions with containers, with simple explanations of the underlying concepts.
Docker for novices An introduction to Docker for developers and testers who have never used it. (Video 1h40, recorded linux.conf.au 2019 — Christchurch, New Zealand) by Alex Clews.
Docker katas A series of labs that will take you from "Hello Docker" to deploying a containerized web application to a server.
Docker Latest Tutorial — This is a series of latest docker tutorial, where you can learn what is docker, docker lifecycle, how to run Nginx Web Server in Docker?, how to run mysql on docker container, how to use Python on doceker and many other important topics.
Docker simplified in 55 seconds: An animated high-level introduction to Docker. Think of it as a visual tl;dr that makes it easier to dive into more complex learning materials.
Docker Training :heavy_dollar_sign:
Docker Tutorial for Beginners (Updated 2019 version) — In this Docker tutorial, you'll learn all the basics and learn how you can containerize Node.js and Go applications. Even if you aren't familiar with these languages it should be easy for you to follow this tutorial and use any other language.
Learn Docker: step-by-step tutorial and more resources (video, articles, cheat sheets) by @dwyl
Learn Docker (Visually) - A beginner-focused high-level overview of all the major components of Docker and how they fit together. Lots of high-quality images, examples, and resources.
Play With Docker: PWD is a great way to get started with Docker from beginner to advanced users. Docker runs directly in your browser.
Practical Guide about Docker Commands in Spanish This spanish guide contains the use of basic docker commands with real life examples.
Practical Introduction to Container Terminology The landscape for container technologies is larger than just docker. Without a good handle on the terminology, It can be difficult to grasp the key differences between docker and (pick your favorites, CRI-O, rkt, lxc/lxd) or understand what the Open Container Initiative is doing to standardize container technology.
Setting Python Development Environment with VScode and Docker: A step-by-step tutorial for setting up a dockerized Python development environment with VScode, Docker, and the Dev Container extension.
The Docker Handbook An open-source book that teaches you the fundamentals, best practices and some intermediate Docker functionalities. The book is hosted on fhsinchy/the-docker-handbook and the projects are hosted on fhsinchy/docker-handbook-projects repository.

Cheatsheets by

@eon01
@dimonomid (PDF)
@JensPiegsa
@wsargent (Most popular)

Where to start (Windows)

A Comparative Study of Docker Engine on Windows Server vs Linux Platform Comparing the feature sets and implementations of Docker on Windows and Linux
Docker on Windows behind a firewall by @kaitoedter
Docker Reference Architecture: Modernizing Traditional .NET Framework Applications - You will learn to identify the types of .NET Framework applications that are good candidates for containerization, the "lift-and-shift" approach to containerization.
Docker with Microsoft SQL 2016 + ASP.NET Demonstration running ASP.NET and SQL Server workloads in Docker
Exploring ASP.NET Core with Docker in both Linux and Windows Containers Running ASP.NET Core apps in Linux and Windows containers, using [Docker for Windows][docker-for-windows]
Running a Legacy ASP.NET App in a Windows Container Steps for Dockerizing a legacy ASP.NET app and running as a Windows container
Windows Containers and Docker: The 101 :movie_camera: - A 20-minute overview, using Docker to run PowerShell, ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET apps
Windows Containers Quick Start Overview of Windows containers, drilling down to Quick Starts for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016

Projects

Moby = open source development
Docker CE = free product release based on Moby
Docker EE = commercial product release based on Docker CE.

Docker EE is on the same code base as Docker CE, so also built from Moby, with commercial components added, such as "docker data center / universal control plane"

Moby
Docker Images
Docker Compose (Define and run multi-container applications with Docker)
Docker Machine (Machine management for a container-centric world)
[Docker Registry][distribution] (The Docker toolset to pack, ship, store, and deliver content)
Docker Swarm (Swarm: a Docker-native clustering system)

Container Operations

Container Composition

bocker (2) :skull: - Write Dockerfile completely in Bash. Extensible and simple. --> Reusable by @icy
bocker (1) :skull: - Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash by p8952
box :skull: - Build Dockerfile images with a mruby DSL, includes flattening and layer manipulation
Capitan - Composable docker orchestration with added scripting support by [@byrnedo].
compose_plantuml :skull: - Generate Plantuml graphs from docker-compose files by @funkwerk
Composerize - Convert docker run commands into docker-compose files
crowdr - Tool for managing multiple Docker containers (docker-compose alternative) by @polonskiy
ctk :construction: - Visual composer for container based workloads. By @corpulent
docker-compose-graphviz :skull: - Turn a docker-compose.yml files into Graphviz .dot files by @abesto
docker-config-update - Utility to update docker configs and secrets for deploying in a compose file by @sudo-bmitch
draw-compose :skull: - Utility to draw a schema of a docker compose by @Alexis-benoist
elsy - An opinionated, multi-language, build tool based on Docker and Docker Compose
habitus - A Build Flow Tool for Docker by @cloud66
kompose - Go from Docker Compose to Kubernetes
Maestro :skull: - Maestro provides the ability to easily launch, orchestrate and manage multiple Docker containers as single unit by @tascanini
percheron :skull: - Organise your Docker containers with muscle and intelligence by @ashmckenzie
plash - A container run and build engine - runs inside docker.
podman-compose - a script to run docker-compose.yml using podman by [@containers][containers]
rocker-compose :skull: - Docker composition tool with idempotency features for deploying apps composed of multiple containers. By[@grammarly].
rocker :skull: - Extended Dockerfile builder. Supports multiple FROMs, MOUNTS, templates, etc. by [@grammarly].
Smalte – Dynamically configure applications that require static configuration in docker container. By @roquie
Stacker :skull: - Docker Compose Templates. Stacker provides an abstraction layer over Docker