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# Create the nodes # In a real world scenario we would use at least 3 managers to cover the fail of one manager. docker-machine create -d virtualbox manager docker-machine create -d virtualbox worker1 # Create the swarm # It is possible to define a port for the *advertise-addr* and *listen-ad...

When automating the provisioning of new nodes to a swarm, you need to know what the right join token is for the swarm as well as the advertised address of the manager. You can find this out by running the following commands on any of the existing manager nodes: # grab the ipaddress:port of the mana...

Usually you'd want to create a stack of services to form a replicated and orchestrated application. A typical modern web application consists of a database, api, frontend and reverse proxy. Persistence Database needs persistence, so we need some filesystem which is shared across all the nodes in ...

Swarm Mode Node Availability: Active means that the scheduler can assign tasks to a node. Pause means the scheduler doesn’t assign new tasks to the node, but existing tasks remain running. Drain means the scheduler doesn’t assign new tasks to the node. The scheduler shuts down any existing ta...

To promote a node or set of nodes, run docker node promote from a manager node: docker node promote node-3 node-2 Node node-3 promoted to a manager in the swarm. Node node-2 promoted to a manager in the swarm. To demote a node or set of nodes, run docker node demote from a manager node: doc...

Worker Node: #Run the following on the worker node to leave the swarm. docker swarm leave Node left the swarm. If the node has the Manager role, you will get a warning about maintaining the quorum of Managers. You can use --force to leave on the manager node: #Manager Node docker swarm l...