This document introduces Docker Swarm for clustering Docker hosts into a single virtual host. It discusses using Swarm with Consul and an overlay network. Key points:
- Docker Swarm turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single virtual host with a standard API.
- Consul provides service discovery, key-value storage, and health checking.
- An overlay network allows containers on different hosts to communicate, with networking defined by Docker but implemented by the hosts' kernels.