This Containers Fundamentals course will teach you how to do container and image operations with different container runtimes, manage network and storage (volumes) with containers, build and run multi-container applications with Docker, Podman, Docker APIs, etc.
Training Course
Containers Fundamentals (LFS253)
Who Is It For
It has become extremely important for countless job roles in the technology industry to learn about containers, be they developers, quality assurance, operations, or DevOps.
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What You’ll Learn
This Containers Fundamentals course will help you build a solid foundation on container technologies. After completing this course, you should be able to do container and image operations with different container runtimes, manage network and storage (volumes) with containers, build and run multi-container applications with Docker, Docker APIs, etc.
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What It Prepares You For
This course prepares you to work with containers to bundle an application with all its dependencies and deploy it on the platform of our choice, be it Bare-Metal, VM, Cloud, etc. Once you have learned the basics with the course, you will be able to take on more advanced topics, like Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, with ease.
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Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Virtualization Fundamentals
Chapter 3. Virtualization Mechanisms
Chapter 4. Container Standards and Runtimes
Chapter 5. Image Operations
Chapter 6. Container Operations
Chapter 7. Building Container Images
Chapter 8. Container Networking
Chapter 9. Container Storage
Chapter 10. Runtime and Containers Security
Prerequisites
- Access to a workstation that has Linux, Mac, or Windows installed
- Familiarity with the command line
- Basic understanding of the Cloud
Lab Info
If using a cloud provider like GCP or AWS, you should be able to complete the lab exercises using the free tier or credits provided to you. However, you may incur charges if you exceed the credits initially allocated by the cloud provider, or if the cloud provider’s terms and conditions change.
Sep 2023
The course content was well prepared, and included all the critical topics. Also, the labs were useful in understanding the content.
Aug 2023
The links to upstream source materials for further reading were very helpful.
Aug 2023
Covers all important aspects of containers, and is relatively tool-agnostic.
Jun 2023
Clear, comprehensive and useful.
May 2023
The labs provided useful demonstrations of the topics, and the historical background was interesting.
$299
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Online, Self Paced
40 Hours of Course Material
Hands-on Labs & Assignments
12 Months of Access to Online Course
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