Container Orchestration with Docker Swarm — Scaling Distributed Applications

Containers are a popular way of packaging and deploying applications in a consistent and portable manner. However, as the number and complexity of applications grow, managing and scaling them becomes a challenge. This is where container orchestration tools come in handy. Container orchestration tools automate the deployment, management, and scaling of containers across multiple hosts or clusters. One of the most widely used container orchestration tools is Docker Swarm. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:612/0*W9vUXpaTICuMOZxD" style="height:338px; width:612px" /> Docker Swarm is a native feature of Docker Engine that allows users to create and manage a cluster of Docker nodes, also known as a swarm. A swarm consists of one or more manager nodes, which are responsible for maintaining the cluster state and scheduling tasks, and one or more worker nodes, which execute the tasks assigned by the manager nodes. A task is a unit of work that represents a container running a service. A service is a definition of how to run a set of tasks on the swarm. <a href="https://medium.com/@alexandragrosu03/container-orchestration-with-docker-swarm-scaling-distributed-applications-fbf6b94dfa85">Read More</a>