beginner33 lessons · 6 phases
Docker: Containers to Production
A complete, hands-on path through Docker — from the shipping-container analogy and the Linux primitives containers are built from, through Dockerfiles, Compose, networking, and observability, to production hardening, image supply-chain security, and an orchestration primer that hands off cleanly into Kubernetes.
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prerequisites
- →Comfort with the command line
- →Basic familiarity with any programming language and running an app locally
- →No prior Docker or container experience required
you'll learn
- ✓Understand what a container actually is — namespaces, cgroups, and union filesystems
- ✓Write production-grade Dockerfiles with multi-stage builds and layer-cache-aware ordering
- ✓Run multi-container applications with Docker Compose, volumes, and container networking
- ✓Ship containers safely — least-privilege users, health checks, logging, and CI/CD integration
- ✓Scan, sign, and harden the image supply chain before anything reaches production
- ✓Know when and why to reach for orchestration — Kubernetes, Swarm, and scaling patterns
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