Intro to Docker and Docker Compose

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Intro Docker & Docker Compose

Objectives

• Explain what Docker is
• Explain why Docker is useful
• Build an image with the docker CLI
• Build an image with a Dockerfile
• Use docker-compose to build and run multiple containers

Guiding Questions

Use this example repo to practice Docker and Docker Compose: https://github.com/Shurlow/docker-lesson

• What is a virtual machine? What does Docker do?

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• Why is Docker useful?

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• How do you build a docker image using the docker CLI command?

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• How do you build a docker image using a Dockerfile?

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• How do you build a docker image using a Dockerfile?

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• How do you use Docker Compose build and run multiple containers?

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