Build Your Dev Environment with Docker

Do you build WordPress plugins? Do you have different clients with sites running on different hosts? Would you like to test your code in a local environment that accurately reflects the environments where it will run?

Virtual machines can help solve the problem, but they’re often overweight and insufficiently flexible. Enter Docker, a framework for managing lightweight server containers, giving you the environments you need to effectively test your projects.

This presentation will cover:

• Preparing your system to work with Docker containers using Boot2Docker
• Building and customizing containers
• Using Docker Compose to manage collections of related containers
• Using Docker to test scaling and load balancing
• Sharing your containers
• Deploying your containers to the server