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Getting Started with Docker on Windows

This course will teach you how to run both Windows and Linux containers on a single Windows machine.

     
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About Getting Started with Docker on Windows

Finding, downloading, vetting, installing, configuring, and ultimately using software has traditionally been difficult and time-consuming. In this course, Getting Started with Docker on Windows, you'll learn to pull images and run just about any app in a container. First, you'll explore Docker on a Windows host to run Linux containers. Next, you'll learn about Windows containers. Finally, you'll discover how to build images to run custom containers from a Windows host. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills needed to use Docker on Windows to run just about any app in a container, in seconds.

What You Will Learn?

  • Course Overview : 1min.
  • Installing Docker Desktop for Windows : 20mins.
  • Running Linux Containers : 26mins.
  • Understanding and Running Windows Containers : 21mins.
  • Building Images with WSL2 : 23mins.
  • Building Windows Container Images : 17mins.
  • Running Databases with Docker Compose : 10mins.