Docker Fundamentals Learn fundamental concepts and practices of containerization for single Docker nodes

Course overview

About this course

The Docker Fundamentals training course features the foundational concepts and practices of containerization on a single Docker node. The course offers learners the opportunity to assimilate basic container orchestration and how to scale Docker across multiple nodes in a simple swarm or Kubernetes cluster. This course provides essential foundational knowledge for subsequent Docker courses.

Audience profile

Developers, operators, and architects desiring a strong foundation in Docker technologies and an introductory hands-on experience building, shipping, and running Docker containers.

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the foundations of containerization on a single Docker node
• Create an image using Dockerfile best practices
• Use volumes in the application development process
• Apply concepts of the Docker networking model
• Understand the goal of services as a method of scaling containers
• Utilize two different orchestrators (Swarm and Kubernetes) to deploy a single application across multiple machines
• Create a secret and understand its accessibility capabilities