Orientation brief

Production Patterns

Your containers work locally. They're secure. But production is different. Production demands: - **Reliability**: Services must stay running, even when things fail - **Scalability**: Handle traffic spikes, from 10 users to 10,000 - **Maintainability**: Deploy updates without downtime - **Observability**: Know what's happening, detect problems early - **Recoverability**: Backup data, restore from disasters This module teaches production-grade Docker patterns. By the end, you'll understand: - How to build production-ready images - High availability and scaling strategies - Rolling updates and zero-downtime deployments - Monitoring and observability - Backup and disaster recovery - CI/CD integration with Docker

Understand the problem this module is here to solve.

Read 6 chapters in order, from context to application.

Practice the module concepts through focused exercises.

Chapter route

Read in order

Practice

Module exercises

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

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Regular curriculum complete

You have finished the core Docker arc.

You have moved from first principles through images, containers, networking, storage, Compose, health, debugging, security, and production posture. The next step is different: apply the whole system in the TaskFlow capstone.

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