The document outlines best practices for dockerizing Ruby applications using Kontena, an open-source container platform that simplifies development with features like a built-in image registry, VPN access, load balancing, and secrets management. It provides guidelines on Docker core concepts, strategies for using Ruby base images, and best practices for Docker containers, emphasizing on aspects such as environment configuration and process management. Additionally, it discusses deploying and scaling applications in a cloud-agnostic manner using Docker Compose and presents example YAML configurations for multi-container applications.