Docker Workshop - Part I
Docker! Docker! Docker! Whether its running a piece of software on your local machine, to hermetic deployments of your software in production - docker has a place in your workflow. In this 2 part workshop we will get our hands dirty with Docker. We will create, tear down and modify containers, create our own images, see how to set up networking and volumes for containers, see the role of Dockerfiles, and if we have time, attempt to “compose” an application using “docker-compose”
In this introductory workshop we will flit between practice and theory. We will spend a lot of time working with the Docker CLI, and cement our new found knowledge with hands-on exercises and theory.
I must highlight that this is ONLY a 3 hour workshop, but please ensure that you follow the “Set up” instructions and test to see if all is well before attending this workshop
In this workshop we will cover the following -
- The “Why” and Benefits of Docker
- Creating our “Hello World” container
- Creating “interactive” containers
- Understanding how to know what is running on your machine, what isn't, and how to remove images and containers no longer needed
- VMs vs. containers
- Docker lifecycle
- Setting up networking for containers
- Setting up volumes for containers
- The Union File System
- The role of Dockerfiles
- (If we have time) docker-compose
About Raju Gandhi
Raju is a software craftsman with almost 20 years of hands-on experience scoping, architecting, designing, implementing full stack applications.
He provides a 360 view of the development cycle, is proficient in a variety of programming languages and paradigms, experienced with software development methodologies, as well an expert in infrastructure and tooling.
He has long been in the pursuit of hermeticism across the development stack by championing immutability during development (with languages like Clojure), deployment (leveraging tools like Docker and Kubernetes), and provisioning and configuration via code (toolkits like Ansible, Terraform, Packer, everything-as-code).
Raju is a published author, internationally known public speaker and trainer.
Raju can be found on Twitter as @looselytyped.
In his spare time, you will find Raju reading, playing with technology, or spending time with his wonderful (and significantly better) other half.