Phase 4 · Compute Services
TopicsContainers Overview (Docker Basics)
Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.
Summary
Packaging an application and its dependencies into a portable, isolated unit — a lighter-weight alternative to a full VM, and the foundation for the container orchestration covered in Phase 9.
How to Learn This
- 1Install Docker and run your first container from a public image.
- 2Learn the difference between a VM (full OS) and a container (shares the host OS kernel).
- 3Build a simple Dockerfile for a small application.
More topics in Compute Services
Virtual Machines (EC2, Compute Engine, Azure VMs)Instance Types & SizingAuto Scaling GroupsLoad Balancing ComputeContainer Orchestration Overview (Kubernetes / ECS)Serverless Computing (Lambda / Functions)Choosing Compute: VM vs Container vs ServerlessSpot & Reserved InstancesCompute Cost Optimization
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