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Docker Desktop Overviewλ︎

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Docker desktop provides an easy way to manage Docker images, containers and volumes. Sign in to Docker Desktop to manage your images on DockerHub.

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Extensions Marketplaceλ︎

There is a growing marketplace of extensions that provide very useful tools to extend the capabilities of Docker Desktop. Search within the Docker Desktop extensions or for extensions on Docker Hub.

  • Resource Usage monitor resources (cpu, memory, network, disk) used by containers and docker compose systems over time
  • Disk Usage optimise use of local disk space by removing unused images, containers and volumes
  • Volumes Backup & Share to backup, clone, restore and share Docker volumes easily
  • Logs Explorer view all container logs in one place to assist troubleshooting
  • Postgres Admin PGAdmin4 open source management tool for Postgres
  • Trivy scan local and remote images for security vulnerabilities
  • Snyk scan local and remote images for security vulnerabilities
  • Ddosify high-performance, open-source and simple load testing tool

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Docker Extensions Overview

Imagesλ︎

Pre-defined images can be used directly or used to build custom images.

Docker Images Overview and Practicalli recommendations

Containersλ︎

  • container status
  • view details
  • logs
  • inspect - environment, port values
  • terminal shell within the container
  • files - file browser for the container (check for uberjar, test-data, etc)
  • stats- basic resource usage (Resource usage extension provides view over all containers)

  • start / stop containers

Volumesλ︎

Persist data to the local computer by mounting a part of the OS filespace as a volume in a Docker container.

Dev Environmentsλ︎