Docker MasterClass

11 Modules ~28 hours Beginner → Advanced

Master Docker from basics to production: build images, manage networks, ship apps that scale. Goes beyond "hello world" into multi-stage builds, BuildKit, image security, and Compose-driven dev environments.

Course roadmap

#	Module	Status	Topics
0	Setup & Containers vs VMs	Plan ready	Install, hello-world, namespaces + cgroups, runtime vs image
1	The Dockerfile	Plan ready	RUN/COPY/ADD, layers, caching, base image choice (alpine, distroless)
2	Multi-stage Builds	Plan ready	Build vs runtime images, BuildKit, build secrets, build args
3	Volumes & Storage	Plan ready	Bind mounts vs named volumes, tmpfs, persistence patterns
4	Networking	Plan ready	Bridge, host, overlay, container DNS, port publishing
5	Docker Compose	Plan ready	Services, dependencies, profiles, env management
6	Image Security	Plan ready	Vulnerability scanning, signing, rootless mode, USER directive
7	Production Deployment	Plan ready	Healthchecks, restart policies, resource limits, logging drivers
8	Container Registries	Plan ready	Docker Hub, ECR, GHCR, image lifecycle, retention
9	CI/CD with Docker	Plan ready	GitHub Actions, multi-arch builds, caching strategies
10	Capstone	Plan ready	Containerize a 3-tier app + Compose dev env + GitHub Actions pipeline

What's available now

This is a curriculum plan, not yet content. Module 0 will arrive shortly.

Related courses already published:

• Kubernetes — orchestrate containers in production
• Jenkins — CI/CD pipelines
• aws-compute — Docker on AWS (ECS, ECR, Fargate)

Why this curriculum

Docker has become foundational. This course follows the path most engineers want: install → Dockerfile → Compose → production. Hands-on with Node.js, Python, and Go sample apps.

Last updated

2026-05 — Curriculum plan published. Module 0 content arrives 2026 H2.