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Customizing and Launching an Existing Container Image

In this hands-on lab scenario, you will be searching an image registries, pulling images, modifying containers, saving modified containers, and publishing a container image. Upon completion of this lab, you will have the knowledge and skills required to locate images, modify containers, and publish a new image to a registry.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Published

Apr 20, 2023

Challenge

Locate an Image and Run a Container
- Log in to server-1 with the cloud_user account.
- Find the nginx image and tag hosted on the private registry server-1:5000. Search is disabled, and the registry requires authentication.
- Pull the nginx image from registry server-1:5000.
- Start a container using the nginx image. Name the container web-dev, and map host port 8081 to container port 80.
Challenge

Modify a Container and Push a New Image
- Copy the contents of the tar archive /home/cloud_user/llama_cart.tar to web-dev:/usr/share/nginx/html/.
- Commit the container web-dev to a new image named web-dev with a tag of v1.
- Tag web-dev:v1 as server-1:5000/llama-racing:v1.
- Push the new image to the registry on server-1:5000.
Challenge

Start a Container and Verify Changes
- Start a new container using the server-1:5000/llama-racing:v1 image. Name the new container llama-racing-web, and map host port 8080 to host port 8081.
- Verify the containers and images by starting the container named checker. Use the -i option when starting the container.
- Use a web browser to check the web page using the public IP address for server-1 and port 8080.

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.