Azure Container Registry and Container Instances
Manage container images with ACR and run serverless containers with ACI — ACR Tasks, image scanning, container groups, and CI/CD.
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Course Curriculum
12 Lessons
Azure Container Registry Fundamentals
Create and configure Azure Container Registry for storing and managing Docker images. Learn registry tiers, authentication, and push/pull workflows.
Azure Container Registry Fundamentals - Lab Exercises
What ACR is (private Docker registry), SKUs (Basic/Standard/Premium), az acr create, az acr login, docker push/pull, ACR admin account vs service principal vs managed identity
ACR Tasks and Automation
Automate image builds and updates with ACR Tasks. Learn quick tasks, triggered builds, multi-step tasks, and base image update automation.
ACR Tasks and Automation - Lab Exercises
Cloud-based builds with az acr build, multi-step tasks with YAML, automated builds on Git commit and base image update, image scanning and vulnerability assessment, webhooks for deployment triggers
Azure Container Instances Basics
Run containers on Azure without managing infrastructure using Azure Container Instances. Learn container groups, resource allocation, and basic deployment patterns.
Azure Container Instances Basics - Lab Exercises
Serverless containers with pay-per-second, az container create from ACR or public registry, environment variables, CPU/memory, logs/exec, restart policies, DNS name labels
ACI Advanced Patterns
Explore advanced ACI patterns including multi-container groups, sidecar containers, persistent volumes, virtual network integration, and restart policies.
ACI Advanced Patterns - Lab Exercises
Container groups (multi-container sidecar pattern), YAML deployment, volume mounts (Azure Files/emptyDir), VNet integration, managed identity on ACI, GPU containers
Choosing the Right Container Service
Compare Azure container hosting options including ACI, Container Apps, AKS, and App Service. Learn decision criteria for selecting the right service for your workload.
Choosing the Right Container Service - Lab Exercises
Decision framework ACI vs Container Apps vs AKS, when to use each, cost comparison, scaling characteristics, migration paths between services
Capstone Briefing CI/CD Pipeline to ACI
Capstone briefing for building a CI/CD pipeline to ACI. Review the pipeline architecture, ACR integration, and deployment requirements for the hands-on challenge.
Capstone CI/CD Pipeline to ACI
Capstone: build complete image pipeline - create ACR, build with ACR Tasks from Git, automated rebuild on base image update, deploy to ACI with managed identity, container group with sidecar, VNet-integrated ACI, webhook deployment triggers
This course includes:
- 24/7 AI Instructor Support
- Live Lab Environments
- 6 Hands-on Lessons
- Completion Badge
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Azure Container Registry and Container Instances
Demonstrates proficiency in Azure Container Registry and Azure Container Instances — image management, ACR Tasks, serverless containers, and CI/CD pipelines.
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