What is docker swarm mode?

Question

Could someone tell me what is a docker swarm mode?

Answer 1

Docker Swarm is a container orchestration tool that is very similar to Google developed Kubernetes, which manages a very large number of containers under constant integration and deployment environment.

By default, Swarm mode is disabled in a Docker Engine, Swarm mode introduces built-in orchestration, scheduling, and clustering capabilities in Docker. Many features like load balancing, health checks, etc, got introduced within Docker. This swarm mode under different environments like your local machine or in a production environment, Docker Engine with Swarm mode enabled helps you in creating and testing services based on images, and provides a fault-tolerant platform for cluster management features for keeping constant running services and availability.

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