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# Engine user guide
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This guide takes you through the fundamentals of using Docker Engine and
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integrating it into your environment. You'll learn how to use Engine to:
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* Dockerize your applications.
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* Run your own containers.
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* Build Docker images.
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* Share your Docker images with others.
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* And a whole lot more!
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This guide is broken into major sections that take you through learning the basics of Docker Engine and the other Docker products that support it.
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## Dockerizing applications: A "Hello world"
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*How do I run applications inside containers?*
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Docker Engine offers a containerization platform to power your applications. To
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learn how to Dockerize applications and run them:
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Go to [Dockerizing Applications](../tutorials/dockerizing.md).
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## Working with containers
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*How do I manage my containers?*
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Once you get a grip on running your applications in Docker containers, you'll learn how to manage those containers. To find out
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about how to inspect, monitor and manage containers:
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Go to [Working with Containers](../tutorials/usingdocker.md).
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## Working with Docker images
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*How can I access, share and build my own images?*
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Once you've learnt how to use Docker it's time to take the next step and
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learn how to build your own application images with Docker.
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Go to [Working with Docker Images](../tutorials/dockerimages.md).
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## Networking containers
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Until now we've seen how to build individual applications inside Docker
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containers. Now learn how to build whole application stacks with Docker
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networking.
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Go to [Networking Containers](../tutorials/networkingcontainers.md).
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## Managing data in containers
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Now we know how to link Docker containers together the next step is
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learning how to manage data, volumes and mounts inside our containers.
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Go to [Managing Data in Containers](../tutorials/dockervolumes.md).
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## Managing metadata (labels) for Docker objects
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Labels are a mechanism for applying metadata to Docker objects, including:
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- Images
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- Containers
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- Local daemons
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- Volumes
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- Networks
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- Swarm nodes
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- Swarm services
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You can use labels to organize your images, record licensing information, annotate
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relationships between containers, volumes, and networks, or in any way that makes
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sense for your business or application.
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Go to [Managing Docker object labels](labels-custom-metadata.md).
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## Docker products that complement Engine
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Often, one powerful technology spawns many other inventions that make that easier to get to, easier to use, and more powerful. These spawned things share one common characteristic: they augment the central technology. The following Docker products expand on the core Docker Engine functions.
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### Docker Hub
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Docker Hub is the central hub for Docker. It hosts public Docker images
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and provides services to help you build and manage your Docker
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environment. To learn more:
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Go to [Using Docker Hub](https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/).
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### Docker Machine
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Docker Machine helps you get Docker Engines up and running quickly. Machine
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can set up hosts for Docker Engines on your computer, on cloud providers,
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and/or in your data center, and then configure your Docker client to securely
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talk to them.
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Go to [Docker Machine user guide](https://docs.docker.com/machine/).
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### Docker Compose
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Docker Compose allows you to define an application's components -- their containers,
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configuration, links and volumes -- in a single file. Then a single command
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will set everything up and start your application running.
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Go to [Docker Compose user guide](https://docs.docker.com/compose/).
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### Docker Swarm
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Docker Swarm pools several Docker Engines together and exposes them as a single
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virtual Docker Engine. It serves the standard Docker API, so any tool that already
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works with Docker can now transparently scale up to multiple hosts.
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Go to [Docker Swarm user guide](https://docs.docker.com/swarm/).
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## Getting help
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* [Docker homepage](https://www.docker.com/)
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* [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com)
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* [Docker blog](https://blog.docker.com/)
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* [Docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/)
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* [Docker Getting Started Guide](../getstarted/index.md)
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* [Docker code on GitHub](https://github.com/docker/docker)
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* [Docker mailing
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list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/docker-user)
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* Docker on IRC: irc.freenode.net and channel #docker
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* [Docker on Twitter](https://twitter.com/docker)
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* Get [Docker help](https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=docker) on
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StackOverflow
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