Docker Recipes

Build, run, and manage containers and images. Streamline your development workflow with Docker Compose and networking.

10 recipes

Compose Dependency Ordering

Configure service startup order in Docker Compose using depends_on with health check conditions to prevent race conditions.

3 steps|10 min|compose, dependencies, startup

$ cat <<'EOF'

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Compose Log Aggregation

Beginner

Aggregate, filter, and follow logs across multiple Docker Compose services in a single terminal view.

3 steps|5 min|compose, logs, debugging

$ docker compose logs -f

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Compose Networking Debug

Advanced

Diagnose and fix networking issues between Docker Compose services including DNS resolution, port conflicts, and connectivity problems.

5 steps|15 min|compose, networking, debug

$ docker network ls --filter 'label=com.docker.compose.project'

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Container Debug with Ephemeral Containers

Intermediate

Debug running containers by attaching an ephemeral debug shell or inspecting container internals without modifying the original image.

5 steps|10 min|debug, containers, exec

$ docker ps --format 'table {{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Image}}'

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Container Performance Monitoring

Beginner

Monitor CPU, memory, network, and I/O usage of running containers to identify performance bottlenecks.

3 steps|5 min|monitoring, performance, stats

$ docker stats

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Dockerfile Linting and Security

Intermediate

Lint Dockerfiles for best practice violations and security issues using Hadolint to catch problems before building.

4 steps|10 min|linting, security, dockerfile

$ docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < Dockerfile

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Health Check Setup

Intermediate

Configure container health checks so Docker can automatically detect unhealthy containers and orchestrators can restart them.

4 steps|10 min|healthcheck, monitoring, reliability

$ echo 'HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --retries=3 CMD curl -f http://localhost:3000/health || exit 1'

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Image Size Audit

Intermediate

Analyze Docker image layers to understand what is taking up space and identify optimization opportunities.

5 steps|10 min|images, optimization, size

$ docker images --format '{{.Size}}\t{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}' | sort -hr | head -20

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Image Vulnerability Scanning

Beginner

Scan Docker images for known security vulnerabilities using Docker Scout before pushing to production.

3 steps|5 min|security, scanning, vulnerabilities

$ docker scout cves myapp:latest

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Multi-Stage Build Optimizer

Intermediate

Reduce Docker image size dramatically by using multi-stage builds to separate build dependencies from the runtime image.

5 steps|15 min|build, optimization, multi-stage

$ docker images --format 'table {{.Repository}}\t{{.Tag}}\t{{.Size}}' | head -10

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