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How to try Docker EE UCP for free?
Using Docker Playground
Everyone is moving to microservices and dockerizing monolithic applications. Newbies to docker who would like to familiarize themselves with Docker can use the Docker Playground. It is free!
I always recommend my students use Google Chrome as the browser. Usually, it won’t ask for entering your Docker Hub ID and password. It will show you the START button, as in Figure 1. Click on it.
Docker Enterprise suite consists of three components:
1. Docker Enterprise Engine
2. UCP (Universal Control Plane)
3. DTR (Docker Trusted Registry)
Note that there are two Docker engines: The Docker Community Edition (CE) and the Docker Enterprise Edition (EE).
- The Docker CE is only for developing and testing but never for production. However, it is for free.
- Docker EE is the edition that you use for production, where you can initialize Swarm or Kubernetes. It is not for free. However, you can try it for one month for free.
The Docker Playground helps you to install and try the UCP for free. However, this playing lab is limited to less than 3 GB in memory and expires after about 4 hours.