Containers and Docker

Containers and Docker are way to package and isolate applications and their entire runtime environment into a single portable package.

Exercises

Note

These exercises are part of the Polar Squad's "Containers and Docker" workshop. If you wish to enroll in the workshop, contact us for further details. The exercises can be completed separately, too.

The goal of these exercises is to teach reader basics of Linux-based containers and Docker, and how you can use them to build applications. Windows containers are not covered in these exercises but you can complete the exercises on Windows.

In these exercises, we'll cover the following topics:

1. Setting up tools to use containers
2. Running your first containerized app
3. Managing containers
4. Building your first containerized app
5. Publishing container images
6. Volumes in containers
7. Networking with containers
8. How to run a fleet of containers
9. Summary

Next

To get started, let's set up the tools for using containers.