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2021 Update: Ready for Apple Silicon (M1 arm64) and Raspberry Pi’s!
Be ready for the Dockerized future with the number ONE Docker + Kubernetes mega-course on Udemy. Welcome to the most complete and up-to-date course for learning and using containers end-to-end, from development and testing, to server deployments and production. Taught by an award-winning Docker Captain and DevOps consultant.

Just starting out with Docker? Perfect. This course starts out assuming you’re new to containers.

Or: Using Docker now and need to deal with real-world problems? I’m here for you! See my production topics around Swarm, Kubernetes, secrets, logging, rolling upgrades, and more.

BONUS: This course comes with Slack Chat and Live Weekly Q&A with me!

“I’ve followed another course on (Udemy). This one is a million times more in depth.” “…when it comes to all the docker stuff, this is the course you’re gonna want to take” – Student Udemy Review

Why should you learn from me? Why trust me to teach you the best ways to use Docker?   (Hi, I’m Bret, please allow me to talk about myself for a sec):

   I’m A Practitioner. Welcome to the real world: I’ve got 20 years of sysadmin and developer experience, over 30 certifications, and have been using Docker and the container ecosystem for my consulting clients and my own companies since Docker’s early days. Learn from someone who’s run hundreds of containers across dozens of projects and organizations.
   I’m An Educator. Learn from someone who knows how to make a syllabus: I want to help you. People say I’m good at it. For the last few years, I’ve trained thousands of people on using Docker in workshops, conferences, and meetups. See me teach at events like DockerCon, O’Reilly Velocity, GOTO Conf, and Linux Open Source Summit. I hope you’ll decide to learn with me, and join the fantastic online Docker community.
   I Lead Communities. Also, I’m a Docker Captain, meaning that Docker Inc. thinks I know a thing or two about Docker and that I do well in sharing it with others. In the real-world: I help run two local meetups in our fabulous tech community in Norfolk/Virginia Beach USA. I help online: usually in Slack and Twitter, where I learn from and help others.

“Because of the Docker Mastery course, I landed my first DevOps job. Thank you Captain!” – Student Ronald Alonzo

“There are a lot of Docker courses on Udemy — but ignore those, Bret is the single most qualified person to teach you.” – Kevin Griffin, Microsoft MVP

Giving Back: a portion of my profit on this course will be donated to supporting open source and protecting our freedoms online! This course is only made possible by the amazing people creating open source. I’m standing on the shoulders of (open source) giants! Donations will be split between my favorite charities including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Software Foundation. Look them up. They’re awesome!

This is a living course and will be updated as Docker and Kubernetes features change.

This course is designed to be fast at getting you started but also get you deep into the “why” of things. Simply the fastest and best way to learn the latest container skills. Look at the scope of topics in the Session and see the breadth of skills you will learn.

Also included is a private Slack Chat group with 20k students for getting help with this course and continuing your Docker and DevOps learning with help from myself and other students.

“Bret’s course is a level above all of those resources, and if you’re struggling to get a handle on Docker, this is the resource you need to invest in.” – Austin Tindle, Course Student

Some of the many cool things you’ll do in this course:

   Edit web code on your machine while it’s served up in a container
   Lock down your apps in private networks that only expose necessary ports
   Create a 3-node Swarm cluster in the cloud
   Install Kubernetes and learn the leading server cluster tools
   Use Virtual IP’s for built-in load balancing in your cluster
   Optimize your Dockerfiles for faster building and tiny deploys
   Build/Publish your own custom application images
   Learn the differences between Kubernetes and Swarm
   Create your own image registry
   Use Swarm Secrets to encrypt your environment configs, even on disk
   Deploy container updates in a rolling always-up design
   Create the config utopia of a single set of YAML files for local dev, CI testing, and prod cluster deploys
   And so much more…

After taking this course, you’ll be able to:

   Use Docker in your daily developer and/or sysadmin roles
   Deploy apps to Kubernetes
   Make Dockerfiles and Compose files
   Build multi-node Swarm clusters and deploying H/A containers
   Make Kubernetes YAML manifests and deploy using infrastructure-as-code methods
   Build a workflow of using Docker in dev, then test/CI, then production with YAML
   Protect your keys, TLS certificates, and passwords with encrypted secrets
   Keep your Dockerfiles and images small, efficient, and fast
   Run apps in Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes and understand the pros/cons of each
   Develop locally while your code runs in a container
   Protect important persistent data in volumes and bind mounts
   Lead your team into the future with the latest Docker container skills!

Extra things that come with this course:

   Access to the course Slack team, for getting help/advice from me and other students.
   Bonus videos I put elsewhere like YouTube, linked to from this course’s resources.
   Weekly Live Q&A on YouTube Live.
   Tons of reference links to supplement this content.
   Updates to content as Docker changes their features on these topics.

Who this course is for:

   Software developers, sysadmins, IT pros, and operators at any skill level.
   Anyone who makes, deploys, or operates software on servers.

Requirements

   No paid software required – Just install your favorite text editor and browser!
   Local admin access to install Docker for Mac/Windows/Linux.
   Understand terminal or command prompt basics.
   Linux basics like shells, SSH, and package managers. (tips included to help newcomers!)
   Know the basics of creating a server in the cloud (on any provider). (tips included to help newcomers!)
   Understand the basics of web and database servers. (how they typically communicate, IP’s, ports, etc.)
   Have a GitHub and Docker Hub account.

Last Updated 9/2021