Introduction to Docker Overlay Networking
Explore how Docker overlay networking enables secure, flat layer 2 networks that span multiple hosts for container communication. Understand the technology's foundation in libnetwork and Docker's native overlay driver. This lesson prepares you to manage container networks vital for production and Swarm environments.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Overlay networks are at the center of most cloud-native microservices apps, and this chapter will get you up to speed on how they work in Docker.
Let's do some networking magic!
The TLDR
Real-world containers need a reliable and secure way to communicate without caring which host they’re running ...