While Docker containers offer many great security features out of the box, there are still many important considerations to ensure your application and data are protected.

In this video I show five techniques you can use to make your production containers safer!

Bottom up!

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Time stamp:
0:00 – Introduction
0:34 – Sample web server code
0:48 – Naive Dockerfile
1:00 – Tip #1: Don't run the container as root user.
1:37 – Tip #2: Use a multi-tiered, distro-less base image
2:54 – Tip #3: Increase host system security
3:43 – Tip #4: Use a container image scanner to detect vulnerabilities
4:47 – Tip #5: Don't install/configure anything in the Dockerfile without understanding the potential risks.
5:15 – Final thoughts

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