Docker Basics
Understand the basics of the Docker containerization platform
About
Docker is an open source containerization platform that simplifies the deployment and management of applications. It uses containers to isolate applications from each other and the underlying infrastructure.
Earning criteria
- installation: knows how to install Docker on a Linux system.
- images: understands how to create and manage Docker images.
- docker-hub: knows how to use Docker Hub to store and share Docker images.
- containers: can create and manage Docker containers.
- networking: can configure networking for Docker containers.
- environment-variables: understands how to use environment variables in Docker containers.
- storage: understands how to use Docker volumes for persistent storage.
- orchestration: knows how to use Docker Compose and other tools to orchestrate complex applications.
- troubleshooting: can diagnose and troubleshoot Docker issues.
Learning resources
- Get started with Docker
- Get started with language-specific Docker guides
- Docker for beginners
- Docker 101 tutorial
- Docker crash course (YouTube Playlist)
- How to containerize a PHP application using Docker and LinkORB libraries
- How to create and containerize a Symfony application with a shared Docker image
- Connect a containerized Symfony application to a containerized database
Working at LinkORB
LinkORB Engineering is the sub-group of LinkORB focused on the development and operations of our products and platforms: innovative healthcare solutions for healthcare professionals and their patients.
We are a fully remote team collaborating almost entirely asynchronously to build and support products used by millions of families and thousands of healthcare professionals.
Read more about LinkORB Engineering. Specifically, you might check out our:
- Culture and handbook, how we work
- Available jobs, single projects and positions (we're hiring)
- Culture and work style assessment, a simple way to compare your work style and ours
- The badge system, never stop learning
- Working at LinkORB blog post, an inside perspective