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02

Your First Container

Time to get your hands dirty. In this module, you'll install Docker, run your first container, and understand what happens when you do. By the end, you'll be comfortable with the basic container operations: run, stop, remove, and list.

01

Understand the problem this module is here to solve.

02

Read 5 chapters in order, from context to application.

03

Practice the module concepts through focused exercises.

Chapter route

Read in order

Chapter 2.1 Installing Docker
Chapter 2.2 Running Your First Container (Hello World)
Chapter 2.3 What Just Happened? Tracing the docker run Command
Chapter 2.4 Basic Container Commands
Chapter 2.5 Interactive vs Detached Containers

Practice

Module exercises

Move from reading to investigation with scenario-based practice for this module.

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Reading-first Docker learning: understand, verify, and ship.