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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
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Bash (Unix Shell)
Linux File Systems
Docker (Software)
containerisation
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Install Docker in an Ubuntu 18.04 system and run a container from the Docker Hub.
Accessing a container and running a command on a running container
Creation of a Docker Hub account
Creation of a simple customised Docker image
Sharing of our customised Docker image in Docker Hub
Creation of a complex customised Docker image
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 SS
Jun 21, 2021This course is easy to follow and very helpful in getting started with Docker. The instructor did a fantastic job in explaining the details.
by TJ
Jul 29, 2021Great hand-on tasks that helped me to understand Docker containerization.
by KT
Apr 6, 2021Little hard to understand the instructor some times, but a good introduction to start using Docker with Docker-hub.
by KP
May 12, 2021A good introduction to the very basic operations within docker.
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