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My first though on reading the title was "How can you write a book about docker and orchestration now? The tech is too immature and evolving too quickly." From the table of contents, it looks like the book doesn't actually focus on orchestration.

  1: UNBOXING DOCKER
  Installing Docker
  OpenStack
  Inception: Build Docker in Docker
  Verifying Installation
  Useful tips
  Summary

  2: DOCKER CLI AND DOCKERFILE
  Docker terminologies
  Docker commands
  Running your own project
  Dockerfile
  Docker workflow - pull-use-modify-commit-push
  Automated Builds
  Summary

  3: CONFIGURING DOCKER CONTAINERS
  Constraining resources
  Managing data in containers with volumes
  Configuring Docker to use a different storage driver
  Configuring Docker's network settings
  Linking containers
  Summary

  4: AUTOMATION AND BEST PRACTICES
  Docker remote API
  Injecting processes into containers with the Docker execute command
  Service discovery
  Security
  Summary

  5: FRIENDS OF DOCKER
  Using Docker with Chef and Puppet
  Setting up an apt-cacher
  Setting up your own mini-Heroku
  Setting up a highly available service
  Summary
I found the table of contents at https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/orchestrat...


That is true. This is more of a book about Docker than about orchestration. The naming is unfortunate, and something that I did not have control on.


Okay, I understand now. Congratulations on being published! I'm sure it was a lot of hard work to write this.


Serious question .. How does one define orchestration? Openstack heat is an example of an orchestration system as is fig. But I don't think I can define the term clearly.


It's not a simple answer, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestration_(computing) characterizes it as

* Composing of architecture, tools and processes used by humans to deliver a defined Service.

* Stitching of software and hardware components together to deliver a defined Service.

* Connecting and Automating of work flows when applicable to deliver a defined Service.




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