https://github.com/mehtaab-010110/docker

In a recent project, I utilized Docker to containerize a multi-tier web application, enhancing my skills in Docker Compose, environment variable management, and service scalability. I successfully integrated a database into the application and scaled a Node.js service, gaining insights into container communication and load balancing.
https://github.com/mehtaab-010110/docker

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In a recent project, I utilized Docker to containerize a multi-tier web application, enhancing my skills in Docker Compose, environment variable management, and service scalability. I successfully integrated a database into the application and scaled a Node.js service, gaining insights into container communication and load balancing.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mehtaab-010110/docker
• Owner: Mehtaab-010110
• Created: 2024-04-26T00:51:18.000Z (9 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-18T23:34:52.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T22:41:15.310Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: docker, docker-compose, javascript, yml
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 859 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# DockerChallenge

# Docker Challenges Project Overview

## Introduction

This project involved using Docker to containerize and manage a multi-tier web application. Through a series of challenges, I learned how to define and run multi-container applications with Docker Compose, manage environment variables, and scale services to meet demand.

## Challenges

- **Challenge 3**: Integrated a database into a two-tier application, solidifying my understanding of Docker networks and container communication.

- **Challenge 4**: Scaled the Node.js service from one to three instances, exploring the benefits of load balancing and redundancy in application deployment.

## Key Learnings

- **Docker Compose**: Mastery of `docker-compose.yml` to configure and link multiple services.

- **Service Scalability**: Learned the importance of scaling services to ensure high availability and resilience of the application.

- **Environmental Variables**: Managed configuration through `.env` files, enhancing security and flexibility of the deployment.

## Reflection

The project not only reinforced my technical skills in using Docker and Docker Compose but also gave me insights into real-world applications of containerization technologies in development and production environments.

## Future Directions

I plan to extend this knowledge to Kubernetes for orchestration of larger deployments and explore continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate deployments.