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Handle Data and Stateful Applications in Docker and Kubernetes - Part 1

In this lab, you’ll practice Docker containerization of applications. When you’re finished, you’ll have performed handling data and stateful applications in Docker.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 35m
Published
Clock icon Aug 29, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Navigating the Container Filesystem

    To start this lab, you'll navigate the container filesystem, and perform image and layer inspection using the Docker CLI.

  3. Challenge

    Writing Data to Containers

    Next, you'll start to write data to containers and analyze how this affects the container. You will also view logs and create container layers.

  4. Challenge

    Persistent Storage Using Volumes

    To finish off the lab, you will look at volumes, and mount them into the container's filesystem—a critical aspect of supporting stateful containers.

Matt Conran is a lead Network & Security Architect and successfully delivered major global greenfield service provider and data center networks.

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.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

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