Docker Multi-Container Project

📌 Project Overview

This project demonstrates the deployment of a multi-container application using Docker and Docker Compose on VMware Cloud Director virtual machines.

The application consists of multiple containers working together to provide a complete web application environment.

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🚀 Technologies Used

• VMware Cloud Director
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Nginx
• Node.js
• MySQL
• Redis
• Git & GitHub

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🏗️ Project Architecture

User Browser
      │
      ▼
Frontend Container (Nginx)
      │
      ▼
Backend Container (Node.js)
      │
 ┌────┴────┐
 ▼         ▼
Redis    MySQL

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🐳 Containers Used

Container	Purpose
Frontend	Hosts the web application using Nginx
Backend	Runs the Node.js API server
MySQL	Database service
Redis	Caching service

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⚙️ Features

• Multi-container deployment
• Docker Compose orchestration
• Container networking
• Persistent storage using volumes
• Port mapping
• Container logs and monitoring
• Service isolation
• Easy deployment and management

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📂 Project Structure

docker-multi-container-project/
│
├── frontend/
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   └── index.html
│
├── backend/
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   ├── server.js
│   └── package.json
│
├── .gitignore
├── docker-compose.yml
├── README.md
├── SETUP-GUIDE.md
├── Docker-Multi-Container-Documentation.pdf
└── Project Screenshots.pdf

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▶️ Deployment Commands

docker compose build

docker compose up -d

docker ps

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🔍 Docker Commands Used

docker images
docker ps
docker logs frontend
docker logs backend
docker network ls
docker volume ls
docker stats

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🎯 Learning Outcomes

• Understanding Docker architecture
• Building Docker images
• Creating Docker containers
• Using Docker Compose
• Managing multi-container applications
• Container networking and volumes
• Real-world application deployment

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👨‍💻 Author

Shivani Sharma