How To Provision and Manage Remote Docker Hosts with Docker Machine

Docker Machine is a tool that makes it easy to provision and manage multiple Docker hosts remotely from your personal computer. Such servers are commonly referred to as Dockerized hosts and are used to run Docker containers. In this tutorial, you’ll install Docker Machine on your local machine or server and use it to provision Dockerized DigitalOcean Droplets.

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