Learning Docker

Learn the basics of Docker, the open-source tool for deploying and managing applications as containers.

Introduction

• Why create containers using Docker?
• What you should know
• What is Docker?
• Using the exercise files

1. Installing Docker

• Setting up Docker
• Docker Desktop
• Install Docker on Mac
• Install Docker on Windows
• Install Docker on Linux

2. Using Docker

• The Docker flow: Images to containers
• The Docker flow: Containers to images
• Run processes in containers
• Manage containers
• Exposing ports
• Container networking
• Legacy linking
• Images
• Volumes
• Docker registries

3. Building Docker Images

• What are Dockerfiles?
• Building Dockerfiles
• Dockerfile syntax
• Multi-project Docker files
• Avoid golden images

4. Under the Hood

• Docker the program
• Networking and namespaces
• Processes and cgroups
• Storage

5. Orchestration: Building Systems with Docker

• Registries in detail
• Intro to orchestration
• Kubernetes in AWS
• Google Kubernetes Engine

Conclusion

• Next steps