Session Objective: introduction to containers and Kubernetes. Overview of the "what" and "why" of Docker containers and an overview of container orchestration with Kubernetes. In addition to lecture and discussion will be some hands on labs to demonstrate how to install the required tools and see how containers work in practice with IBM Cloud Private. Attending this session will give you the basic skills to explore and experiment with containers to determine how they best fit your use cases, or just to have fun with them!
Presentation and Discussion
In this segment we'll talk through the basics:
- What are "containers" and where did they come from?
- What's the difference between containers and Virtual machines?
- What's "container orchestration" and what's Kubernetes all about?
- How does this change things for applications today?
Exercises
- lab 00: Creating a working environment
- lab 01: Running your first docker container
- lab 02: Building your own docker container
Getting Started with kubernetes
Deploying an application on kubernetes
Questions?