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How Does Swarm Primer Work?

Explore how Docker Swarm Primer functions by understanding the roles of manager and worker nodes in a swarm cluster, the automatic setup of distributed state management, and the security features that protect communication. Learn how Swarm orchestrates container deployment, balancing workloads with support for scaling, self-healing, and rolling updates.

Swarm nodes

On the clustering front, a swarm consists of one or more Docker nodes. These can be physical servers, VMs, Raspberry Pis, or cloud instances. The only requirement is that all nodes have Docker installed and can communicate over reliable networks.

Terminology: When referring to the Docker Swarm technology, we’ll ...