Introduction to Docker

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Using Docker can significantly simplify the process of developing, testing, and deploying applications, as well as improve their scalability and reliability. In this short course, we will cover everything from the basics of Docker to more advanced topics like building and deploying multi-container applications with Docker Compose.

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What you'll learn

By the end of the course, you'll have a solid understanding of Docker and of how to use it to containerize your own applications. You'll be able to confidently create, package, and deploy your applications in a containerized environment, making your software development and deployment process much more efficient and reliable.

Throughout the course, you will learn:

How to install and configure Docker on your machine.
How to containerize your applications and push your images to a Docker registry.
How to use Docker CLI commands to manage your containers, networks, and volumes.
How to build Dockerfiles to create custom images.
How to use Docker Compose to configure multi-container deployments.

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Run Docker Run (Spring Boot)

Docker is a platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker provides the ability to package and run an application in a container environment. Container images are lightweight units that contain everything needed to run an application. You can easily share your application with container images; everyone you share it with gets the same container image that works similarly. Container images become containers in the run time. In this project, you will learn how to create and run a container with a web application.

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Composer

Learn to simplify multi-service management using Docker Compose. In this project, you'll create a command file defining services, dependencies, and other configurations.

Graduate

Run Docker Run

Docker is a platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker provides the ability to package and run an application in an environment called a container. Container images are lightweight units that contain everything needed to run an application. You can easily share your application with container images, and everyone you share gets the same container image that works in the same way. Container images become containers in the run time. In this project, you will learn how to create and run a container with a web application.

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Topics covered by this course

Command line

28 topics

Docker

22 topics

Software construction

18 topics

Operating systems

14 topics

Web technologies

11 topics

SQL and Databases

6 topics

Dev tools

5 topics

CI/CD processes

5 topics

Programming concepts

4 topics

Standards and formats

3 topics

Networking

2 topics

JVM

2 topics

Git

2 topics

GitHub

2 topics

Security

1 topic

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Igor Południkiewicz

2 months ago

Good to see devops courses on hyperskill, however it would be even greater if the project tasks were more profound and complicated. Here the most challenging project could be completed very quickly

Tobias Hänel

7 months ago

Understand more specific details of Docker and Compose file syntax

EVGENII MORGUNOV

9 months ago

I have learned how to effectively use Docker to manage containers, networks, and volumes. This course taught me how to install and configure Docker, create and manage Docker containers, and use Docker Compose for multi-container applications. I also learned how to build custom Docker images using Do ...