README.md

Docker Tutorial

This is a quick tutorial for beginners on Docker. It is designed to be run in AWS Cloud9 which has most of the bits you need already setup in a dev environment.

Pre-requisites

You will need the following bits already setup

1. An AWS IAM user account. Make sure you have the necessary permissions to use Cloud9
2. A web browser and network connection

Starting your environment

1. Log into the AWS Web console
2. From Services go to Cloud9
3. Create a new Cloud9 environment using the default settings
4. Open a Terminal window in Cloud9
5. Clone this repository: git clone <repo url>

Exercises

1. Run a docker image
2. Use Docker Commit to create a new image
3. Use Dockerfile to build an image
4. Use Port Mapping to expose our container on the host
5. Use linking to link two or more containers together
6. Use volumes to persist data outside the container
7. Use docker-compose to bring it all together