Containers & Kubernetes

Start your container journey with this hands-on course. Build Docker images from Dockerfiles, manage container networking and volumes, optimize images with multi-stage builds, and learn security best practices. Every exercise runs on a real Linux VM with Docker pre-installed. The capstone containerizes a full-stack application. Course 1 of 6 in the Container Learning Path.

Build real multi-service applications with Docker Compose. Learn compose files, service discovery, volume management, development workflows with hot reload, health checks, and production deployment patterns. The capstone composes a complete e-commerce platform with API, database, cache, and reverse proxy. Course 2 of 6 in the Container Learning Path.

Learn Kubernetes on a local minikube cluster. Master pods, deployments, services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, persistent storage with StatefulSets, Ingress routing, and Helm charts. Every exercise uses kubectl and YAML manifests on a real cluster. The capstone deploys a full application with replicas, health checks, and rolling updates. Course 3 of 6 in the Container Learning Path.

Build a complete container image pipeline on Azure. Learn Azure Container Registry for private image hosting, ACR Tasks for cloud-based builds, Azure Container Instances for serverless container execution, container groups with sidecar patterns, VNet integration, and managed identity. The capstone builds an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline from Git to ACI. Requires Docker Compose experience. Course 4 of 6 in the Container Learning Path.

Build production microservices without managing Kubernetes. Learn Azure Container Apps environments, scale-to-zero with HTTP and KEDA rules, Dapr for service invocation and pub/sub, managed identity for secure access, revision management for blue/green and canary deployments, and Container Apps Jobs for batch processing. The capstone deploys a complete microservice platform with API gateway, workers, and event-driven processing. Course 5 of 6 in the Container Learning Path.