IntermediateLesson 1 of 1320 min 路 hands-on
What Is Docker
Part of the Docker course
You build something on your own computer, and it works. You send it to a teammate, or put it on a server, and it breaks. A different operating system, a different version of some library, a file that lives in a different folder. This is one of the oldest headaches in software, and it is the exact problem Docker was built to solve.
This lesson is mostly reading. There are two small commands at the end, just to prove your workspace is wired up correctly. ...
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Start this lessonWhat Is DockerWhat you'll learn
- Containers vs VMs
- Images
- Containers
- Docker daemon
- Docker CLI
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All lessons in this course
13 lessons- 1What Is Docker20 min
- 2Your First Container25 min
- 3Images and the Dockerfile30 min
- 4Building Custom Images35 min
- 5Container Networking30 min
- 6Volumes and Persistence30 min
- 7Docker Compose35 min
- 8Multi-Stage Builds35 min
- 9Environment Variables and Secrets25 min
- 10Healthchecks and Restart Policies25 min
- 11Image Optimization and Security30 min
- 12Registries and Publishing25 min
- 13Capstone: Shipping a Stack50 min
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