Introduction to Docker : The Basics

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In this Guided Project, you will:

Understand what is a container and how to use Docker as a container platform

Learn to create and access a Docker container using an image from Docker Hub

Learn to create customized Docker images and share it in Docker Hub

1 hour 15 minutes
Beginner
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only

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Skills you will develop

  • Bash (Unix Shell)

  • Linux File Systems

  • Docker (Software)

  • containerisation

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Install Docker in an Ubuntu 18.04 system and run a container from the Docker Hub.

  2. Accessing a container and running a command on a running container

  3. Creation of a Docker Hub account

  4. Creation of a simple customised Docker image

  5. Sharing of our customised Docker image in Docker Hub

  6. Creation of a complex customised Docker image

How Guided Projects work

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In a split-screen video, your instructor guides you step-by-step

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