This one-day training is a great introduction to the Container Ecosystem. We’ll take you through a variety of hands-on exercises designed to help you quickly grow from a beginner into a seasoned user. You will learn best practices for using containers through a series of classroom lectures, exercises, and hands on workshops.

Course Overview

• Learn what a container is and what it is for

• Learn the terminology; define images, containers, etc.

• Gain a deep understanding of containers

• Learn how to build, manage, and distribute images

• Interact with the Hub website

• Learn how to run and manage containers

• Gain a full understanding of container volumes and networking

• Acquire tips and good practice

• Know what’s next: the future of containers and how to get help

Course Agenda

• Introduction to containers

• Using the training virtual machines

• Introduction to images

• Building images manually

• Building images automatically

• Managing and distributing images

• Using Container Hub

• Images and containers

• Our first containers

• Running and managing containers

• Container volumes

• Container networking

• Connecting containers

• Container Security

Concluding this workshop you will have an understanding of Containers, the Hub and Registry, and have a solid foundation to begin to integrate containers into your development and IT environments.

Course Includes

Wifi, all-day beverage service, light breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon break.

Pre-Requisites

Participants do not need any prior knowledge of containers, but it is helpful. Strong familiarity with the command line interface is required, as well as strong familiarity with basic Linux commands. An SSH client is required if you plan on using the provided Virtual Machines provided at the training.

Instructors

Tianon Gravi, InfoSiftr

Talon Bowler, InfoSiftr