From Docker novice to DevOps expert in 7 hours
Huge update for 2020: Many videos from this course were completely re-recorded to bring everything up to date. All of the Docker content is up to date as well as all of the other technologies we use, such as nginx, Ubuntu, Debian and more.
Looking to level up your skills by deploying your own web application? How about furthering your career by picking up years worth of general DevOps skills?
Prepare to get excited about Docker (and this course).
From Docker novice to DevOps expert in 7 hours
Huge update for 2020: Many videos from this course were completely re-recorded to bring everything up to date. All of the Docker content is up to date as well as all of the other technologies we use, such as nginx, Ubuntu, Debian and more.
Looking to level up your skills by deploying your own web application? How about furthering your career by picking up years worth of general DevOps skills?
Prepare to get excited about Docker (and this course).
Dozens of massive companies are using Docker every day but the awesome thing about Docker is it works incredibly well even for the smallest projects.
Nowadays learning about Docker and general DevOps skills is gaining massive momentum in the tech scene. It's similar to how mobile app development was a few years ago.
Companies are This means BOTH developing and deploying your apps.
Here's your chance to
The Docker for DevOps course isn't just your run of the mill introduction to Docker course, you can get that info by skimming Docker's website.
This course shows you WHAT you can build with Docker and HOW to do it of course you'll learn the Docker basics along the way.
Together we'll walk through developing and deploying a multi-service Flask and Ruby on Rails application (more framework examples will be provided as bonus lectures too).
Oh and don't worry, you won't need Flask or Ruby on Rails experience to understand this course. The emphasis is on deploying a web application, not building one.
Learning by example is a great way to retain information and learn quickly.
"The course has a perfect balance between theory and practical material. At the end of the course, you have a working and secured web app with fully automated deployment along with an understanding of how it works. This is exactly what I wanted from the course."
Ready to level up?
Here's what you'll get when you sign up to my course today:
You'll learn how to get your development environment set up to run Docker. Windows, Mac and Linux users will be able to follow along.
Next, you'll learn the Docker basics and we'll complete a hello world example.
You'll Dockerize a Flask or Ruby on Rails application and pickup a few best practices on how to create a production ready application with those frameworks.
You'll learn how to create a staging server so you can test your app.
You'll learn how to keep your app running forever by getting a crash course with systemd.
You'll learn how to configure and serve your app over SSL (HTTPS) with nginx.
You'll get $10 in free hosting credits on DigitalOcean to deploy your application.
You'll learn how to purchase and configure a domain name (and make it work with your new server).
Finally, you'll learn how to obtain a
I'll also give you tips on where to go next for topics such as:
Adding more services to your app
Scaling out beyond 1 host
Monitoring and alerting
Hooking up a continuous integration pipeline
Dealing with centralized logging
Looking into using various configuration management tools
You're getting all of that AND additional bonus lectures for just $25.
This course is jam packed with over 100 lectures, 7+ hours of videos and quizzes. You'll also receive full PDF text directions for each video lecture and complete source code examples.
"This course was really well put together and covers a wide range of topics around both DevOps and Docker. I chose it primarily for the Docker side, but learned a lot about Ruby and Python too. I am very pleased with this course."
Why is it worth using Docker?
Saves a ton of time and headaches when setting up development environments.
Easily move an application across environments or servers.
Removes issues such as "well, it worked on my machine. ".
Makes developing with teams a much more pleasant experience.
Works on most major platforms.
Has amazing support on most cloud hosting providers.
You won't need expensive hosting to deploy your web applications.
Docker as a company is well funded and moving forward quickly.
"Well structured course with high quality information. Source code is really well written and well structured. The tutor support is like 24/7. He replied to my all questions within few hours and most of the times in few minutes."
Why is this course for you?
After finishing this course you'll have enough knowledge about Docker and general DevOps skills to start applying for jobs, so by investing in this course you're jump starting your DevOps career.
Or perhaps you have a thirst to broaden your skill set and want to save a ton of time by avoiding the tedious task of researching all of these topics on your own.
In either case, you're going to walk away with years of knowledge and best practices that I've accumulated while working as a consultant.
"Meticulous hands-on descriptions and recipes of how to utilize Docker and a lot of associated software in the real world scenario of building a web-app. I especially enjoyed the clear delivery of content: well structured, superbly produced, written summaries for each shown topic."
Who am I?
Hi, I'm Nick. I'm a consultant by day and open source contributor by night. I write software and help companies being their ideas to life.
I love learning new things and then sharing my knowledge with others.
I don't have a fancy degree but I do have experience shipping code and explaining my thought process to others while I talk about various technical topics.
Learn the skills necessary to develop and deploy a web application with Docker and gain a number of DevOps related skills along the way.
Explore the server deployment paths I have taken over the last few years which eventually lead me to learn and love working with Docker. Experience my pain without having to live it!
Test your knowledge of this section.
Install necessary tools so that you can install Docker on either Windows, Mac or Linux.
Learn how to install a specific version of Docker. Don't worry, if Docker gets updated I will create a bonus lecture which explains what needs to change. This ensures you're always running the latest most awesome version of Docker.
Learn how to install a specific version of Docker Compose. If Docker Compose gets updated in the future I will include a bonus lecture which shows you what you can do to upgrade to the latest version.
Get your development environment situated with a free to use code editor. You are free to use whatever you want, but I included this just so you have something to follow along with.
Test your knowledge of this section.
Learn what Docker is along with common Docker related terminology. You will learn what the difference is between Docker and a Virtual Machine and more.
In this lecture you'll learn about 5 different areas of application development which all benefit greatly from using Docker. You'll soon see using Docker is a no brainer decision.
Work through a simple hello world example while exploring some of what Docker can do.
Get situated with using the official Docker Hub and learn all about what a Docker Registry is.
Prepare your system to create either the Flask or Ruby on Rails application that we will build and deploy with Docker.
Create the basis of a Flask application.
Learn about what problems a Dockerfile solves and how to create a production ready Dockerfile to run a Flask application.
Learn how to use Docker Compose to manage multiple Docker containers.
Create a 12 factor Flask application which is optimized for both development and production.
Create the basis of a Ruby on Rails application.
Learn why it's important to use a staging server and how it can prevent catastrophic errors in production.
Gain insight on a variety of different operating systems, and eventually pick one which we'll deploy our web application to.
Learn why using Vagrant to provision a staging server is questionable and how we can set up a staging server using alternative methods.
Walk through the steps of provisioning a staging server.
Learn how to install sudo on the staging server.
Learn how to set up a static IP address on the staging server. Along the way you'll gain some general networking knowledge.
Learn how to configure SSH securely on the staging server.
Learn how to install Docker in a consistent way on the staging server.
Learn how we can take everything we just did to the staging server and automate it. This removes the chance of human error and lets you set things up very quickly.
Learn how to automatically pull down all of the Docker images our web application depends on.
Learn how to deploy the web application in an automated way so that all you have to do is git push your code and relax.
Learn how to configure an industry standard firewall in a secure and efficient way.
Learn what systemd is and how it helps you manage all of your Docker containers.
Learn how to create a few files that you'll be able to load into systemd.
Learn how to update the deploy script we build last section so that all of your unit files get automatically copied to the staging server.
Learn what nginx is and how this amazing piece of software will handle common tasks associated to serving a web application.
Learn how to customize the official nginx image by creating custom nginx configs and even create your own makeshift template engine to paramertize a few values.
Learn how to create proper self signed SSL certificates.
Learn how to take everything you've learned in this section and apply it to the deploy script so that you can automatically set up nginx in seconds on any server you provision.
Learn what makes a hosting provider good and then eventually choose one of the best cloud hosting providers available today.
Learn how to sign up with Digital Ocean and also receive $10 in free credits so you can follow along without investing anything extra.
Learn how to create a new droplet on Digital Ocean.
Learn how to update the deploy script so that you can provision a brand new server in seconds.
Learn what makes a domain registrar good. The one we use has some of the best prices available and is feature rich.
Learn how to buy a domain name and configure it so that it works with the server you created in the previous section.
Learn what makes different SSL certificate authorities good or bad.
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