Getting Started with Containers in Azure

Deploy and execute Microsoft Azure container and containerized applications on Azure. This second book in author Shimon Ifrah’s series on containers will help you manage and scale containers along with their applications, tools and services.

You’ll start by setting up the Azure environment and quickly work through techniques and methods of managing container images with Azure Container Registry (ACR). As you move forward, deploying containerized applications with Azure container instances and Azure Kubernetes Service is discussed in detail, and in the process, you’ll see how to install Docker container host on Azure Virtual Machine.

This is followed by a discussion on security in Azure containers where you’ll learn how to monitor containers and containerized applications backed by illustrative examples. Next, you will review how to scale containers along with methods for backing up and restoring containers and containerized applications on Azure. Towards the end,the book demonstrates troubleshooting applications and Docker container host issues in Azure.

Getting Started with Containers in Azure will equip you to deploy, manage and secure containerized applications using Azure tools and services for containers.

You will:

•       Explore containers on Microsoft Azure.


•      Store Docker images on Azure Container Registry


         Automate deployment of container services using Azure CLI and Azure Cloud Shell

         Use Azure Container Instances (ACI) for smaller deployment