Docker Foundation

Course Overview

Docker is a disruptive technology and changes how applications are perceived, architected, and deployed. This is a transformative technology that is the foundation of other emerging technologies, such as Microservices. This docker training course is hands-on and practical with the focus on deploying applications professionally in real-world containers. You will learn the building blocks of Docker and key container concepts, such as Docker volume, security, and basic networking.

You will become proficient with the Docker APIs with supporting lab exercises. You will experience Docker in these labs and gain the immediate capability to build and deploy Docker solutions.

Key Learning Areas

Course Outline

Docker Overview

What is Docker
Datacenter evolution (Monolithic to containers)
Container concepts
Docker platform

Interact with Docker Engine

Docker commands
Docker Hub
Run a container

Docker Monitoring

Native monitoring tools
- Docker ps
- Docker logs
- Docker top
- Docker stats
- Docker inspect
3rd party tools
- Portainer
- cAdvisor

Docker Images

Anatomy of a Docker image
Docker storage driver
Manually build a Docker image
Dockerfiles
Automate build of Docker image

Docker Networking

Overview
Architecture
Container deployment methods
Service ports
Port mappings
Container linking
Traffic flow

Docker Volumes

Docker volume types
Docker volume use-cases
Docker storage drivers
Docker volume metadata

Docker Compose

Overview
Use-cases
Compose syntax
Compose CLI

Docker Swarm

Overview
Scheduler strategies
Deployment & configuration
Deploy Swarm service

Scaling Containers

What is “Web Scale”
Container scaling challenges
Kubernetes overview
Containers and CI/CD

Who Benefits

You will emerge with an understanding of the Docker technology stack and ecosystem at the end of this course. And leverage this information to create truly innovative solutions that are highly scalable and resource efficient. Create solutions that will distinguish your organization from competitors.

For DevOps practitioners, gain the knowledge to rearchitect the deployment pipeline with one or more Docker containers and requisite tools, such as Docker Swarm.

Prerequisites

The audience for this class are developers, DevOps, architects and any other IT personnel interested in learning about containers and Docker.

This class does not require any prior experience with containers or Docker. Experience with Linux or Mac OS command-line tools is helpful but not required.

Want this course for your team?

Atmosera can provide this course virtually or on-site. Please reach out to discuss your requirements.

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