Containers for .NET DEVs

hello world with Linux containers

see Getting familiar

Windows container 101

see 'hello world' with Windows Containers

Prerequisits

• Installed docker
• VS Code with docker extension
• VS 2019

In case you could need some help 😄

https://github.com/wsargent/docker-cheat-sheet

Sample project

see containers for you

References additional material

Docker related links

• https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/dockerfile_best-practices
• https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/multistage-build/
• https://github.com/wsargent/docker-cheat-sheet
• https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/
• https://docs.docker.com/engine/docker-overview/
• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/stevelasker/2018/03/01/docker-tagging-best-practices-for-tagging-and-versioning-docker-images/

Courses + self learning

• https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/modernizing-dotnet-framework-apps-docker
• https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/- managing-load-balancing-scale-docker-swarm-clusters
• https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/monitoring-containerized-app-health-docker
• https://github.com/microsoft/MCW-Containers-and-DevOps
• https://github.com/microsoft/containerized-microservices-pipeline
• https://dwwx.space/
• https://container.training/

Container deep(er) dive(s)

• Containers from scratch (without docker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RetLodCL1g
• Windows containers 101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZ1Q0zVQRg&list=LLIk3HUe7dEA4QHUC1QO_0Gw&index=72&t=0s
• Windows containers deep dive internals https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/New-Zealand-2016/M402
• Monitoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZ1Q0zVQRg&list=LLIk3HUe7dEA4QHUC1QO_0Gw&index=72&t=0s

Two heros

Elton

• https://github.com/sixeyed
• https://github.com/sixeyed/docker-on-windows
• https://www.amazon.co.uk/Docker-Windows-Elton-Stoneman-ebook/dp/B0711Y4J9K
• https://de.slideshare.net/sixeyed/presentations

Stefan

• https://stefanscherer.github.io/
• https://github.com/StefanScherer/dockerfiles-windows

Linux containers vs Windows containers

• https://xebia.com/blog/deep-dive-into-windows-server-containers-and-docker-part-1-why-should-we-care/
• https://xebia.com/blog/deep-dive-into-windows-server-containers-and-docker-part-2-underlying-implementation-of-windows-server-containers/
• https://xebia.com/blog/deep-dive-into-windows-server-containers-and-docker-part-3-underlying-implementation-of-hyper-v-containers/
• https://xebia.com/blog/windows-containers-care/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/linux-containers
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/system-requirements

Building .NET applications

• https://github.com/microsoft/dotnet-framework-docker/tree/master/samples
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/using-net-and-docker-together-dockercon-2019-update/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/host/generic-host?view=aspnetcore-2.2
• https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNETCoreArchitectDavidFowlersHiddenGemsIn21.aspx
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/health-checks?view=aspnetcore-2.2
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/configuration/?view=aspnetcore-2.2
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/host/hosted-services?view=aspnetcore-2.2
• https://github.com/Xabaril/AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-pipelines-with-unlimited-ci-cd-minutes-for-open-source/

networking

• https://success.docker.com/article/networking
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/container-networking/architecture
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/container-networking/network-drivers-topologies
• https://github.com/docker/labs/blob/master/slides/docker-networking.pdf

Windows auth

• Create a Container with Active Directory Support​ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/containerstuff/2017/01/30/create-a-container-with-active-directory-support/​
• Introduction to gMSA​ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2012/12/16/windows-server-2012-group-managed-service-accounts/
• https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65885#ignite-html-anchor

Security

• https://github.com/docker/docker-bench-security
• https://github.com/coreos/clair/
• https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/trust/content_trust/
• https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary
• https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf

Addtional tools

• Portainer https://www.portainer.io/
• Visualizer https://github.com/dockersamples/docker-swarm-visualizer
• Dive https://github.com/wagoodman/dive
• DockerCompletion https://github.com/matt9ucci/DockerCompletion

Alternative(s) and other fancy stuff

• https://www.opencontainers.org/
• https://podman.io/
• https://cri-o.io/
• https://cilium.io/
• https://www.cncf.io/
• https://landscape.cncf.io/
• https://github.com/Azure/aks-engine/blob/master/docs/topics/windows.md
• https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2019/03/25/windows-server-containers-now-supported-kubernetes/