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This month, we’re bringing you the latest Docker Desktop updates, advanced DevOps automation tips, and best practices for configuring your Dockerfiles. You’ll also find news on the Docker Terraform Provider, IBM’s new Granite AI models on Docker Hub, and a fresh feature: organization access tokens for more secure access management.
This issue is packed with insights to help you streamline workflows, from unlocking Docker Desktop’s full potential by signing in, to harnessing ARG and ENV instructions for optimized Dockerfiles. And don’t miss out on the latest Docker Guides and community highlights!
Docker Desktop 4.35 includes organization access tokens, a new Docker product home page, terminal enhancements, Docker Desktop for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and improved performance on macOS.
Maximizing Docker Desktop: How signing in unlocks advanced features
We walk through how signing into Docker Desktop unlocks advanced features and integrations, enabling developer teams and admins to fully leverage Docker’s cloud-native tools for enhanced productivity, security, and scalability.
How to improve your DevOps automation
Explore how to improve your DevOps automation to streamline processes across your software development lifecycle.
Docker best practices: Using ARG and ENV in your Dockerfiles
Learn about the ARG and ENV instructions and explore how to use them in your Dockerfiles to make your images more configurable and easier to maintain.
Docker News
Docker’s updated subscription plans now include revised rollout dates: Existing plans will be available until December 9, and new self-serve plans launch December 10. Personal plan consumption changes are also delayed, taking effect December 10, while Docker Hub consumption pricing starts March 1, 2025. Check out the full blog post for all the latest details on Docker’s new offerings.
New Docker Terraform Provider: Automate, secure, and scale with ease
The recently launched Docker Terraform Provider is designed to help users and organizations automate and securely manage their Docker-hosted resources.
Announcing IBM Granite AI models now available on Docker Hub
IBM’s Granite AI models, optimized for business applications, are now available on Docker Hub, making it easier for developers to deploy, scale, and customize AI-powered apps.
Introducing organization access tokens
Docker organization access tokens let customers manage access that each token has, instead of managing users and their placement within the organization.
2024 Docker State of Application Development Survey: Share your thoughts on development
Help shape the future of application development by participating in Docker’s 2024 State of Application Development survey. Your insights could lead to better tools and features and a chance to win exciting prizes! The survey is open from September 23rd, 2024 (7AM PST) to November 20, 2024 (11:59PM PST).
Dive deep
- Admin set up: Set up your company for success with Docker
- Mastering multi-platform builds, testing, and more with Docker Buildx Bake
- Mastering Testcontainers Cloud by Docker: Streamlining integration testing with containers
- Faster development and testing with container-supported development
- Mocking API services with WireMock
- Pre-seeding database with schema and data at startup for development environment
- Developing event-driven applications with Kafka and Docker
Using an AI assistant to script tools
Explore how AI can streamline scripting and boost productivity in your Docker environment.
Using Docker AI Tools for Devs to provide context for better code fixes
Improve your code fixes with Docker Labs’ new AI tools, which leverage code structure indexing and linting context to automate smarter, more accurate code solutions in containerized environments.
Buyer’s checklist: Assessing container development environments
Docker’s buyer’s checklist for container development environments provides a guide for decision-makers to evaluate and enhance developer productivity, security, and efficiency, with the goal of reducing total costs and maximizing ROI.
Leveraging Testcontainers for complex integration testing in Mattermost plugins
Learn how Mattermost has embraced Testcontainers to overhaul its testing strategy, achieving greater automation, improved accuracy, and seamless plugin integration.
How Docker IT streamlined Docker Desktop deployment across the global team
Docker IT deployed Docker Desktop to hundreds of macOS and Windows devices in 24 hours. Here’s how they did it.
Model-based testing with Testcontainers and jqwik
Discover how to use model-based testing with jqwik and Testcontainers to automate regression testing on a REST API across different application environments.
Around the Community
- 18 weird and wonderful ways to use Docker — NetworkChuck reveals 18 unconventional ways he uses Docker.
- How to use Docker to template a local development database — Docker Captain Igor Alexandrov explains.
- Simplifying the transition from Docker Compose to Kubernetes with Compose Bridge — Docker Captain Vladimir Mikhalev walks through the process.
- How to install Docker — A quick howto video by Docker Captain Paweł Piwosz will get you started fast.
- How does Docker actually work? — Find out in this technical deep dive by Docker Captain Furkan Türkal.
New Docker On-Demand Training
On the Calendar
- KubeCon | CloudNativeCon North America — Salt Lake City, UT — November 12-15
That’s a Wrap
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