Build a Swarm Lab

Learn how to create a multi-node Docker Swarm cluster for microservices applications.

This lesson shows you how to build a three-node swarm lab with a single manager and two workers. You can skip to the next lesson if you already have a swarm.

You can build the lab in Multipass, Play with Docker, or just about any Docker environment. However, We don’t recommend using Docker Desktop, as you only get a single swarm node.

Run the following command from the node that will be your swarm manager.

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