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Swarm

Swarm is a famous native container orchestration and clustering feature of Docker that allows seamless scaling of Docker containers across multiple machines.

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Course content of Swarm

Introduction to Swarm

  • What is Docker?
  • Understanding Container Clustering & Orchestration
    • Major Container Clustering & Orchestration Tools/Services
    • Benefits of Container Clustering & Orchestration
  • What is Swarm?
  • Understanding Swarm
  • History of Swarm

Key Components in Swarm

  • Swarm Node
  • Swarm Stack
  • Swarm Service

Overview of Swarm

  • Architecture of Swarm-managed Docker Containers
  • Swarm vs Kubernetes

FAQ on Swarm

Prerequisites for Swarm

  • Using Virtual Machines as Swarm Nodes
  • Boot Virtual Machines for Swarm Nodes
  • Manage Virtual Machines of Swarm Nodes

Setup Swarm

  • Install & Configure Docker

Configure Swarm

  • Initialize Swarm Cluster
  • Join Nodes to Swarm Cluster
  • Prepare Nodes in Swarm Cluster
  • Manage Tokens in Swarm Cluster
  • Deep Dive into Swarm Cluster

Swarm Node

  • What is the Purpose of Swarm Node?
  • Provision Highly Scalable Swarm Nodes
    • Scaling Manager Swarm Nodes
    • Scaling Worker Swarm Nodes
  • Quorum-based Stability of Manager Swarm Nodes
  • Manage Swarm Nodes

Swarm Stack

  • What is the Purpose of Swarm Stack?
  • Understanding Swarm Stack
  • Create Swarm Stack
  • Manage Swarm Stacks

Swarm Service

  • What is the Purpose of Swarm Service?
  • Ways to Expose Swarm Service
  • Manage Swarm Services

Case Study

  • How We Implemented SloopEngine Multi-Pod Architecture on Swarm-managed Docker Containers

Project on Swarm

Interview on Swarm

Prerequisites

  • A machine running Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as host operating system. Don't panic, we'll help you in this.
  • Machine hardware requirements are minimum 12GB RAM, 4 CPU cores, and 100GB storage.
  • Must have exceptional knowledge on Linux-based operating systems and it's commands.
  • Must have good understanding and hands-on with Docker.

Objective

The main objective of the Swarm course is to help you deploy a sample CRM app service and Redis database service on Docker containers in the Swarm cluster. The CRM app is built on Python Flask micro framework and uses Redis as a database.

Audience

Anyone from the IT/software industry who is passionate and willing to implement container orchestration and clustering can start learning Swarm. It doesn't matter whether you are a fresher or an experienced candidate, we always start from ground zero.

Activities

  • You do hands-on from day one.
  • We do digital whiteboarding to make you understand concepts and real-time implementations.
  • You can ask questions, participate in discussions, and get solutions for complex problems.
  • We deal with a variety of use cases and case studies.
  • We do deep diving on all topics.