Why Learn About Containers?
Containers solve the reliability problems that arise when software moves from one computing environment to another. This could be when moving applications from a developer’s laptop to a test environment, from a staging environment to production, or even when moving apps from on on-premise data venter to virtual machines in a public or private cloud. Containers do this by encapsulating the application code along with its dependencies, libraries, other binaries, and all configuration files needed to run it in one package. Containerizing the app and its dependencies means that differences in OS distributions and underlying infrastructure are abstracted away.
While containers have been a part of Linux for a long time, it was only when Docker exploded on the scene in 2013 that their usage has swept the IT landscape. These days there are plenty of competitors to Docker, including containerd, CRI-O, and Kata. In addition to the container runtimes, there are a lot of options when it comes to container orchestration, like Docker Swarm, Amazon ECS, Apache Mesos, and the wildly popular Kubernetes.
Get Started Learning about Containers and Docker
Get started with the official classes on Docker and other cloud native technologies like Kubernetes from Mirantis. Or start with authorized Red Hat classes on containers, kubernetes, and OpenShift.
Use the search below to look for more specialized classes from other leading vendors like IBM and Oracle.
3 results found for "Containers and Docker"
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VMware
VMware - Kubernetes Foundations (Course)
EDU-VKUB
This two-day course is the first step in learning about Containers and Kubernetes. Through a series of lectures and lab exercises, the fundamental concepts of Kubernetes will be presented and put to...
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VMware
VMware Kubernetes Cluster Operations for Heptio (Course)
EDU-KCO
This one-day course continues the journey of learning Kubernetes. Through a series of lecture and lab exercises, the operational and internal workings of Kubernetes are explored. System administrators...
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Tanzu
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid: Install, Configure, Manage [V1.0] (Course)
KUB-ICM
During this two-day course, you focus on installing VMware TanzuTM Kubernetes GridTM on a VMware vSphere® environment and then provisioning and managing Tanzu Kubernetes clusters. Skills Gained...