Resources to learn Docker/containerization of an monolithic web-application
Hey :)
I developed a software which is a plain simple monolithic web application. Pretty basic: ASP.NET with angular and SQL Server as a database. Currently I use one windows server for each customer. I do this to make sure, that no software bug accidently shows data of customer A to customer B (privacy is the most important priority).
I am considering containerizing the application. From what I have heard, the handling and updating of the software is easier.
Do you know of any good resources to learn more about this topic? I am still missing the conceptual basics.
I appreciate any help you can give me! Regards!
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/docker/build-co...
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/containers/quickstart-asp...
Be sure you really know what your are doing and understand basic security and containers concepts; there are tons of write ups and articles with the basics.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/docker/tutoria...
Regarding security, I made a blog post years ago on a technology agnostic approach to Docker image security. It seems to be still up to date.
https://sysdogs.com/articles/how-to-secure-container-image
Another user recommended this, but I'd like to repeat it: https://docs.docker.com/samples/dotnetcore/
It'll hopefully end up being something like the first example in that link. A simple build step, a copy, and then running.
For SQL Server, you can either use a managed DB like RDS, or also run it in a Docker container. Up to you. Without knowing your situation, I'd personally lean towards RDS, but do some research for yourself to see what you think.