Building Advanced Docker Skills E-Learning

Level up your Docker expertise with advanced tools, techniques, and cloud integration.

This course is designed for learners already familiar with Docker who want to take their skills to the next level. From advanced multi-container orchestration to performance tuning and cloud deployments, you’ll gain the tools and techniques needed to confidently manage and scale complex Docker environments.

What you’ll learn:

• Advanced usage of Docker Compose and orchestration
• Multi-Docker deployments within cloud and hybrid environments
• Implementing security best practices and administrative control
• Enhancing container performance and managing scalability
• Advanced debugging in staging and production environments

Part of an Agile Learning Kit, this course includes e-learning, labs, final assessments, and 365-day access to all resources.

Why Choose This Training?

• Expand your capabilities with real-world Docker challenges
• Ideal for developers working in cloud-native and DevOps settings
• Learn performance tuning, security, and orchestration
• Includes hands-on labs, mentor support, exams & 365-day access
• Agile structure ensures step-by-step mastery and practical growth

Who Should Enroll?

This training is ideal for:

• Frontend, backend, and full-stack developers familiar with Docker
• DevOps engineers deploying container-based apps
• Product or project managers overseeing container-based solutions
• Cloud architects integrating Docker into scalable infrastructures

This Learning Kit with more than 15 hours of learning is divided into three tracks:

Course content

Track 1: Advanced Docker Principles

In this track, the focus will be on advanced Docker best practices, advanced Docker Compose, and working with multiple Docker containers.
Courses (7 hours +):

Advanced Docker: Exploring Advanced Docker Principles & Practices

Course: 1 Hour, 35 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Docker Basics
• Common Misconceptions about Docker
• Benefits of Docker Containers
• Microservices and Docker
• Service and Application Decentralization
• Docker Multi-containers
• Docker Container Design Patterns
• API Management Design Patterns
• Service Delineation Design Patterns
• Testing and Monitoring Design Patterns
• Docker Continuous Integration Strategies
• Multi-Docker Best Practices
• Course Summary

Advanced Docker: Working with Services & Applications on Multiple Containers

Course: 1 Hour, 7 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Multiple Docker Containers
• Define Multiple Docker Containers
• Two Distinct Dockers in the Same Environment
• Running Two Distinct Dockers
• Principles of Using Two Docker Containers
• Configuring an Application Running Two Dockers
• Two Dockers in Two Cloud Environments
• Configuring Two Dockers in Two Clouds Environments
• Course Summary

Docker Compose: Terminology & Installation

Course: 56 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Docker Features
• Docker Components
• Docker Compose
• Docker Compose Environments
• Docker Compose Use Cases
• Upgrading Docker Compose
• Installing Docker Compose on Windows
• Installing Docker Compose on Windows Home
• Installing Docker Compose on Linux
• Installing Docker Compose on a Mac
• Course Summary

Docker Compose: Using Docker Compose

Course: 1 Hour, 16 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Docker Environments
• Docker Compose Fundamentals
• Docker Compose Best Practices
• Docker Compose Projects
• Docker Compose CLI
• Building a Python Web App on Docker Compose
• Building an Apache PHP Application on Docker Compose
• Building a Django Application Using Docker Compose
• Building a Flask Application Using Docker Compose
• Building a WordPress Application with Docker Compose
• Course Summary

Advanced Docker Principles: Multiple Docker Containers

Course: 1 Hour, 16 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Docker Platform
• Container Storage
• Multi-container Docker Applications
• Multi-container Docker Scenarios
• Docker Compose
• Common Docker Compose Use Cases
• Setting Up Docker Compose
• Adding Containers to a Project
• Debugging in Docker Compose
• Working with Multiple Compose Files
• Reviewing Multi-application Strategy
• Command Customization Considerations

Advanced Docker Principles: Docker for Microservices Strategies

Course: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Microservices in Docker
• Elements of a Microservice Architecture
• Docker Containers and Microservices
• Microservice Architecture Efficiency
• Microservice Security Challenges
• Benchmarking Microservices
• Common Docker and Microservices Scenarios
• Microservices Deployments using Docker
• Characteristics of Individual Services
• Course Summary

Assessment:

Advanced Docker Principles

Track 2: Advanced Docker Skills

In this track, the focus will be on advanced Docker administration, debugging Docker solutions, performance computing, advanced Docker orchestration, and advanced Docker security considerations.
Courses (7 hours +)

Advanced Docker Skills: Advanced Docker Administration

Course: 1 Hour, 1 Minute

• Course Overview
• Docker Continuous Integration
• Docker Lifecycle Management
• Docker Security
• Docker Container Management
• Building Docker Containers
• Docker Architecture
• Docker Content Trust
• Docker Storage
• Docker Networks
• Configuring a Docker Bridge Network
• Configuring a Docker User-defined Bridge Network
• Course Summary

Advanced Docker Skills: Debugging Docker Solutions

Course: 1 Hour, 36 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Troubleshooting Infrastructure Solutions
• Debugging Infrastructure Solutions
• Common Docker Issues
• Docker Logging and Configuration
• Docker Logging Formats
• Troubleshooting Docker Solutions
• Troubleshooting Docker and Kubernetes
• Docker Troubleshooting Tools
• Troubleshooting Docker Deployments
• Troubleshooting Dockerfile Issues
• Troubleshooting Container Naming Issues
• Troubleshooting Container Communication Issues
• Course Summary

Advanced Docker Skills: Performance Troubleshooting

Course: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• IT Performance Engineering
• Performance Engineering Techniques
• Docker Performance Engineering
• Docker Resource Management
• Docker Performance Issues
• Performance Issue Diagnostic Plan
• Docker Performance Engineering Tools
• Docker Monitoring Solutions
• Monitoring Using the ManageEngine
• Monitoring Using Prometheus
• Optimizing Docker MySQL Performance
• Optimizing Docker WordPress Performance
• Course Summary

Advanced Docker Skills: Docker Performance Optimization

Course: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Docker Performance Optimization
• Docker Design Best Practices
• Docker Bottlenecks
• Performance Planning Best Practices
• Docker Performance Planning
• Docker Capacity Planning
• Docker Orchestration
• Configuring Docker Swarm Mode
• Docker Storage Optimization
• Docker Network Optimization
• Configuring Docker Bridge Networks
• Configuring Docker Overlay Networks
• Course Summary

Docker Skills: Advanced Docker Orchestration

Course: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Docker Orchestration
• Docker Orchestration Tools
• Orchestration and Cluster Management Tools
• Multiple Docker Containers
• Multiple Docker Hosts
• Docker Swarm
• Working with Docker Swarm Mode
• Docker Network Configuration
• Cloud Provider Orchestration
• Docker Compose
• Deploying an Application Stack to a Swarm
• Deploying Services to a Swarm
• Course Summary

Docker Skills: Advanced Docker Security

Course: 1 Hour, 13 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Application Delivery Models
• Comparing Docker and Virtual Machines
• Hardening Docker Containers
• Docker Living Security Plan
• Docker Trusted Images
• Docker Daemon Security
• Docker Namespace Security
• Docker Seccomp
• Docker AppArmor
• Configuring Docker Seccomp
• Configuring Docker AppArmor
• Course Summary

Assessment:

Advanced Docker Practices

Practice Labs: Building Advanced Docker Skills (estimated duration: 8 hours)

• In this lab, learners will practice advanced Docker skills, including:
• Creating a base docker image
• Building a Python web app on Docker Compose
• Configuring Docker Seccomp
• Working with Docker Compose and WordPress
• Building Docker containers
• Managing Swarm nodes
• Creating a user-defined bridge network
• Building a Docker trusted Image Sandbox using Docker Compose