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Gain insights into Docker, its impact on development, and why it's essential. Learn about creating, deploying, and running applications with containers to enhance your software and career.

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By now, you've probably heard the buzz around Docker. It's fundamentally changed the development process and been adopted by software teams of all sizes, and for good reason: Docker makes it considerably easier to create, deploy, and run applications with the use of containers. Docker is here to stay, and is becoming one of the most in-demand technologies on the market. Mastering it now will help you produce better software, level up your career, and stand out from the crowd. Get started today.

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DevOps

Docker

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57 Lessons5 Quizzes

Before Getting Started

1 Lessons

Get familiar with Docker basics to build and run your first containerized applications.

Introduction

Why Docker?

6 Lessons

Get started with Docker to simplify DevOps, solve conflicts, scale, and upgrade efficiently.

A DevOps Enabler Tool

Solves Dependency Conflicts

Allows Easy Scaling Up

Allows Seamless Upgrades

International Commerce Already Uses Containers

Quiz

Get Docker up and Running

2 Lessons

Break apart Docker products and ensure appropriate installation across different environments.

Various Products for Various Needs

Community on a Developer or CI Machine

Basic Concepts

2 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of Docker containers, images, and registries.

Basic Concepts

Quiz

Use Docker Images

10 Lessons

Take a closer look at using and managing Docker images and containers efficiently.

Do-It-Yourself: Run a Container

Container Management Commands

Do-It-Yourself: Post-Mortem Inspection

More About Docker Run

Running a Server Container

Exercise: Run a Server Container

Exercise Solution

Using Volumes

Where Do Images Come From?

Quiz

Create Docker Images

13 Lessons

Tackle creating Docker images, managing files, local storage, environment variables, tagging, storage, and networking.

Creating a Simple Image

Creating an Image Including Files

Images Are Created Locally

Exercise: Build an Image and Run It

Exercise Solution

Tags Matter

Parameters as Environment Variables

Exercise: Enable an Image to Be Parameterized

Publish Docker Images

10 Lessons

Approach publishing Docker images, using registries, running images on other machines, and optimizing image size.

Rationale for Publishing

Registries

Publishing an Image

Docker Hub

Run an Image on Another Machine

Exercise: Publish an Image and Run a Container on Another Machine

Forget SDK Installs

3 Lessons

Break down Docker's unified approach for streamlined builds and efficient CI/CD workflows.

One Tool to Rule Them All

Building Rationally: Easy CI

Multi-Stage Dockerfiles

Docker with Common Development Profiles

6 Lessons

Discover the logic behind packaging applications into Docker images across various technologies.

PHP

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More About Running Containers

4 Lessons

Break apart running containers, monitoring, disk reclamation, and basics of orchestration tools.

Certificate of Completion

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Course Author:

Arnaud Weil

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