From the course: Deploying ASP.NET Core Applications

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Docker overview

Docker overview

From the course: Deploying ASP.NET Core Applications

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Docker overview

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- [Instructor] Containerization is a new technology that many ASP.NET developers may not yet have a lot of experience with. Docker is the most popular containerization tool today. I'll explain how Docker works at a high level and why it's a good choice for deploying ASP.NET Core applications. When you set up a server or virtual machine to host your application, think of all the stuff that you have to do. Install dependencies like .NET and third-party libraries, configure things like IIS and NGINX, add environment variables and so on. If you have multiple servers, you have to do this setup manually on each one. Because of this, adding and maintaining servers becomes a complex task. With Docker, you instead create an image from your application that includes all of the required dependencies, files, and setup steps. The Docker image contains everything needed to take a machine from a blank slate all the way up to running your application. You can then use this image to create one or more…

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