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Docker by Example: Container Registries

Docker by Example: Container Registries

Container registries like Docker Hub allow you to download containers and share your own containers with others. Push images to the registry to make them available.

Docker by Example: Docker Compose

Docker by Example: Docker Compose

Docker Compose makes it easy to run multiple containers together with a single command. You can even use it to run a single container, putting configuration settings in a docker-compose.yml file.

Docker by Example: Named Volumes

Docker by Example: Named Volumes

Named volumes allow you to store container information (like database records) on your computer in a Docker-managed space.

Docker by Example: Persisting data with Volumes

Docker by Example: Persisting data with Volumes

Bind mounts allow you to share folders on your computer with the container to make development a little bit easier.

Docker by Example: Cleaning up

Docker by Example: Cleaning up

Docker likes to hold onto images and containers even after you've stopped them. This covers some Docker commands to clean up after yourself.

Docker by Example: Web app containers

Docker by Example: Web app containers

Containers can run quick scripts, and they can also run long-running processes like web servers.

Docker by Example: A simple container

Docker by Example: A simple container

With containers you can package up code and your programming runtime in an easy-to-share container image.

Docker by Example: Getting started

Docker by Example: Getting started

Why Docker? Containers are a useful tool in deploying and developing applications. They're like mini virtual machines that can each run an individual application. In these tutorials, we'll walk through what Docker is and how to work with it. Installing Docker You can download Docker from

Deploy a Sample App to Elastic Beanstalk (Learner Lab edition)

The first step to working with Elastic Beanstalk is just to deploy some sample code so you get the basics of how to work with the environment. Once we've got the basics down, we can start deploying actual code. Step 1: Create the Beanstalk Environment Open the AWS

Setting up database migrations with Knex

Connecting to our database to directly create tables, rename columns, or any other refactoring is so last century.

Securing (HTTPS) a single-node Elastic Beanstalk server

Creating certificates with certbot is super easy. A few configuration files, and your website can be running HTTPS certificates.

Deploying your NodeJS app to Elastic Beanstalk (AWS Learner Lab Edition)

Deploying your NodeJS app to Elastic Beanstalk (AWS Learner Lab Edition)

Creating a cool website that you can see on your computer is fun. Once you've got that, it's time to deploy it so the rest of the world can use it.

APIs and Postman

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are a key part of building many useful applications today. If an application provides an API, it can allow others to build new things with the functionality provided. In this assignment, you will investigate web APIs using Postman. After working with these tools, you will better

Installing MySQL on AWS

Installing MySQL on AWS

MySQL is a popular open source relational database software that can be used to power any data-driven application. It's awesome, it's free, and it can be installed on any operating system. In this post, you'll learn to install MySQL on an AWS instance, then

Setting up Nginx Server Blocks

One of the useful features of HTTP is that the Host: portion of the HTTP header is passed to the HTTP server (e.g., nginx) when the user visits the website. This means that if you have multiple domain names pointed at the same server, you can know which domain

Set up DNS

💡The specific instructions in this tutorial only work for students in my class. It requires a password to access the dns.is404.net site. The password is listed in LearningSuite. Nobody wants to remember the IP addresses of all the websites they visit. The Domain Name System (DNS) lets us

Set up an Elastic IP on AWS

By default, AWS instances are assigned an IP address when they are started up. If you stop an instance for any amount of time, that IP address might be released and reused on a different server (probably by some other AWS customer). If you want to keep an IP address

Creating an EC2 Instance in AWS Academy Learner Lab

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the largest providers of cloud computing services in the world. They offer a huge array of services, from databases to VMs to speech recognition. While there are hundreds of cloud providers to choose from, it's a smart career move to get