Learn to use Docker to create environments for developing and running applications in this free online course. Docker is a handy Linux-based service that provides lightweight environments for developing and running applications. Despite its usefulness, however, using Docker could confuse beginner programmers or those without experience using Linux. In this short course, we will get you up to speed on using the Docker platform. You will learn how Docker works, its installation process and how to create websites using its images and containers.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 196088 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Distinguish between Docker containers and images • Identify the components of the Docker Toolbox • Explain how Docker is run on non-Linux machines • Recall some Docker terminal commands • Summarise the steps involved in creating a container from an image • Explain the function of the Virtualbox • Discuss the importance of Docker Hub • Recall the terminal commands for uploading and downloading images from Docker Hub • Explain the importance of image tags • Explain the process for linking containers in Docker environments • Describe the process for creating a server • Summarise the steps involved in creating a WordPress website using Docker |
| Course Code | 4694 |

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