Containerization

Containerization packages applications with their dependencies into portable, isolated units. Docker provides the container runtime, while Kubernetes orchestrates containers at scale.

Topics

• Docker - The industry-standard container platform. Organized from basics to advanced patterns:
  • Getting Started - install, first container, CLI basics
  • Dockerfile - layers, multi-stage builds, .dockerignore, sizing
  • Docker Compose - multi-container apps, networks, volumes, healthchecks
  • Best Practices - security, registries, signing, production patterns
• Kubernetes - The industry-standard orchestrator. Organized from basics to advanced patterns:
  • Getting Started - kubectl, first deployment
  • Workloads - Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs
  • Networking - Services, Ingress, DNS, NetworkPolicies
  • Config & Storage - ConfigMaps, Secrets, PersistentVolumes
  • Scaling & Rollouts - HPA, rolling updates, debugging
  • Best Practices - RBAC, security, GitOps, production patterns