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Use the Docker client to communicate with the Docker server to carry out various operations
Configure Docker in a real world development environment
Create a real website in a Docker container
In this 1-hour long project-based course on Introduction to Docker: Build your own portfolio website, you will learn how to use Docker on the command line and create your own portfolio website from a Bootstrap template in a Docker container. You will get to explore and demystify the Docker landscape and see how Docker works by using it. You will learn many fundamental concepts which will help you progress in your career, studies and knowledge, such as images, containers, the registry, the client/server model in Docker via the Docker Engine etc. You will use various commands and become comfortable spinning up containers, doing basic debugging to see statuses of containers, linking local files to files inside of Docker and learning basic networking to map a container port to a port on your local host machine to set up a development environment with Docker. Most importantly you will leave this course more confident in your knowledge of Docker and ready to understand Docker at a more advanced level, and ready to contribute better to your technical or development teams Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.
Docker (Software)
REST API commands
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Introduction and demo: What we'll build in this course
Create our first Docker container. And what exactly is Docker anyway?
Running containers in the background and port-mapping
Practice activity (optional)
Practise with basic Docker commands
Creating a development environment with Docker Volumes
Building a portfolio website in Docker
Capstone Task (optional)
Your workspace is a cloud desktop right in your browser, no download required
In a split-screen video, your instructor guides you step-by-step
by AA
Feb 1, 2022This was a great Project. Everything went as expected.
by DP
Jan 8, 2021Excellent course, practice is always the best way, the teacher was clear, I understood perfectly even being a non-native speaker. thanks for all.
by GD
Jul 20, 2020The guided project exposed me to docker, important commands, and deployment of the Nginx server using docker. I enjoyed doing this project.
by SR
Aug 26, 2020As a beginner, I felt it is very useful and user friendly.
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