Overview:
Docker: Docker is a software platform that allows you to build, test, and deploy applications quickly.
Docker packages software into standardized units called containers that have everything the software needs to run, including libraries, system tools, code, and runtime.
- Using Docker, we can quickly deploy and scale applications into any environment and know your code will run.
- Currently we are using Community Edition 19.x
- Docker images are stored using the Nexus PRO Repository Manager.
- Private Docker registry entries are set using the daemon.json file in the hosts.
Security best practices:
- Choosing the right base image from a trusted source and keeping it small
- Using multi-stage builds
- Rebuilding images
- Checking your image for vulnerabilities
Sample Dockerfile :
Stage 1: Build the application

Recommendations :
- Base Image : Recommended to use Base Image from Nexus Repository Manager . For Example : <<nexus host>>:8015/nodejs/node:18.8.0-alpine or Hardened Alpine Image.
- Container Scanning : Regularly check for image vulnerabilities using Prisma Cloud.
Docker Installation:
Execute the below commands to install the Docker packages.
- sudo yum-config-manager –add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
- sudo yum install -y docker-ce-20.10.22 docker-ce-cli-20.10.22 containerd.io
- sudo systemctl restart docker && sudo systemctl stop docker
- mkdir -p /apps/docker-data
- cd /var/lib/docker/ && mv * /apps/docker-data
- sudo usermod -aG docker gse && source
- sudo vim /etc/docker/daemon.json
- sudo vim /etc/sysconfig/docker
- sudo systemctl restart docker
- docker login -u xxxxx -p xxxxx nexus_url:nexus_port

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