Docker DCA Actual Questions

Docker will block the command docker container run myorg/myimage:1.0 if the image tag myorg/myimage:1.0 is unsigned and the environment variable DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 is set. The reason is that setting DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 enables Docker Content Trust (DCT), which is a feature that allows users to verify the integrity and publisher of Docker images using digital signatures1. When DCT is enabled, Docker will only pull, run, or build images that have valid signatures. If an image tag is unsigned or has an invalid signature, Docker will reject the operation and display an error message2. Therefore, to run an unsigned image with DCT enabled, you need to either disable DCT by setting DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=0 or use the --disable-content-trust flag, or sign the image tag with a valid key3. References:

• Content trust in Docker
• Determine if Docker image is signed or unsigned
• Signing Images and Enabling Docker Content Trust

= Mirroring the engineering/api repository to one of the user’s own private repositories will not grant them read/write access to the original repository. Mirroring is a feature that allows users to automatically sync images from one repository to another, either within the same DTR or across different DTRs. Mirroring does not affect the permissions or roles of the users or teams associated with the source or destination repositories. To grant a user read/write access to the engineering/api repository, the user needs to be added to a team that has the appropriate role for that repository, or the repository needs to be configured with the appropriate visibility and access settings. References:

• Mirror repositories
• Manage access to repositories
• Manage teams

Docker Universal Control Plane (UCP) has its own built-in authentication mechanism and integrates with LDAP services1. It also has role-based access control (RBAC), so that you can control who can access and make changes to your cluster and applications1. However, there is no mention of Docker ID being a supported user authentication method for UCP in the resources provided1234.

 = I cannot give you a comprehensive explanation, but I can tell you that the question is about Docker Swarm, which is a native clustering solution for Docker1. Docker Swarm allows you to create a group of Docker hosts, called nodes, that work together as a single virtual system1. Nodes can be either managers or workers. Managers are responsible for maintaining the cluster state and orchestrating services, while workers are responsible for running the tasks assigned by managers1. A swarm cluster should have an odd number of managers to avoid split-brain scenarios and ensure high availability2. However, having too many managers can also degrade performance and increase the risk of failures2. Therefore, the recommended number of managers is between 3 and 72. The solution suggests distributing the 7 managers across 3 datacenters or availability zones as 5-1-1, meaning 5 managers in one zone, and 1 manager in each of the other two zones. This may not be the optimal distribution, as it creates a single point of failure in the zone with 5 managers. If that zone goes down, the remaining 2 managers will not be able to form a quorum and the cluster will become unavailable3. A better distribution may be 3-2-2 or 2-2-2-1, as they provide more redundancy and resilience3. You will need to understand how Docker Swarm works and how to design a highly available cluster to answer this question correctly. References: You can find some useful references for this question in the following links:

• Docker Swarm overview
• Swarm mode key concepts
• Swarm mode best practices