Bret's Docker Container Resources

A single list of all my public videos, courses, content, and appearances online talking about Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, and DevOps. A one-stop-shop for all the things I've created, supported, or recommend for using containers.

My Courses (300,000 students)

• Coupon links for all my Udemy courses including Docker Mastery, Kubernetes Mastery, Swarm Mastery, and Docker for Node.js. 😬🐳
• More course coming: get notified on the newsletter!

My Upcoming Live Workshops

• Taking a break! Whew.
• My past workshops

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• 📪Newsletter
• 🎧Podcast
• 📺YouTube Channel (Live Shows Every Thursday)
• 🔴Twitch Live Stream
• 📝Twitter
• 🤔Ask Me Anything
• 📜GitHub Repos
• 👱‍♂️📔FaceBook Page
• 👔LinkedIn

My Videos and Conf Talk Videos

• My YouTube Live Docker AMA Q&A
• The Best Ways to Install Docker on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Playlist of all my YouTube videos (guest appearances, various conferences)
• DockerCon Part 1: Taking Docker to Production DockerCon EU 2017
• DockerCon Part 2: Building Your Swarm Production Stack DockerCon EU 2018
• DockerCon 2019 Talk on Docker for Node.js (code samples, slides, video)

My Live Workshop Slides

• container.training (scroll to the bottom for self-paced versions)

My Popular Article and How-To's

• My Sweet Shell Setup (Oh-My-Zsh + SpaceVim + True Color + Gruvbox)
• It's 2018, is Swarm Dead? and then The Future of Docker Swarm
• The What, Why, and How of the Docker Certified Associate (DCA) Certification
• Getting a Shell in the Docker Desktop VM (Windows, macOS)
• Docker Swarm Firewall Ports
• The Best Ways to Install Docker on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• 📖DevOps Paradox book. I'm interviewed in it.

My Ask Me Anything

• Public GitHub Q&A
• My Thoughts on Swarm vs. Kubernetes, or both
• Should you start with a Alpine base image, or stick with Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.?
• How to remotely control a docker host without Docker-Machine
• Pros and Cons of running all Docker Swarm nodes as Managers?
• I'm a developer, how do I become better at Sysadmin or DevOps roles?
• Only one host for production environment. What to use: docker-compose or single node Swarm?

My Docker Sample Projects and Tools

• dogvs.cat: learn from a working open source container tool stack
• Node.js Docker Good Defaults
• PHP/Laravel Docker Good Defaults
• Java Spring sample Docker repo (Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml).
• Browncoat: A simple app that will misbehave on command for testing your container update process
• Stress: A simple Docker app to test memory/cpu limits. Great for testing that limits work correctly in Swarm.
• HPE and Docker White Paper on MySQL Performance Across VM's, Container's, and Bare Metal (I Co-Authored)
• GitHub Repo for the above white paper. Scripts and Dockerfiles for testing your VM and Bare Metal infrastructure with MySQL
• "Vackup" Docker Volume Backup script. Put volumes in images, or export/import them. Maybe not a great idea, but still a handy way to move volumes around.

Windows Containers and .Net

• Best blog, Dockefile examples, and just great content on Windows and .Net (Books, Video courses, GitHubs): Elton Stoneman, Microsoft MVP and Docker Inc. Dev Advocate
• Docker Tab Completion for PowerShell: DockerCompletion
• Best GUI for all common shells (cmd.exe, PowerShell, Bash): cmder.net
• Docker Hub official images for WinAMD64
• Microsoft official images on Docker Hub
• SQL Server for Linux 2017 Docker image
• SQL Server Express for Windows 2017 image
• .Net Core Docker images
• Traditional .Net Framework 3.x and 4.x Docker images
• Traditional ASP.NET 3.x and 4.x Docker images

Docker on ARM and Raspberry Pi

• Alex Ellis blog on Docker and Raspberry Pi
• Hypriot, see there Docker + Pi getting started guide, and their blog
• Building a Docker Swarm cluster on a stack of Pi's
• Building ARM images, and using Docker Desktop with ARM

Other Peoples's Work That I Recommend

• training.play-with-docker.com for great hands-on tutorials in browser
• Official Docker Community on Slack: dockr.ly/community
• HPE White Paper on Linux Container Performance on Servers
• Infographic of Big Tools/Projects
• Awesome Docker: Free training, resources, projects, tools, and more
• LinuxKit: Make your own secure container-based minimal Linux distro (used by Docker for Windows/Mac, Linux Containers on Windows, and more)
• InfraKit - Like a self-healing Terraform
• SwarmProm - Ready to go Prometheus monitoring and alerting template with all the fixin's for Swarm
• ELK Stack for Docker/Compose: Ready-to-go ELK Logging template with all the fixin's

All posts by date

• The Best Ways to Install Docker for Windows, Mac, and Linux, with Tips 2023
• Kubernetes vs. Docker
• My Hacktoberfest 2018 Docker Wishlist: How You Can Help Open Source
• The Future of Docker Swarm 2018-2020
• My DockerCon 2018 Slide and Demo Resources
• Is Swarm Dead? Answered by a Docker Captain.
• Getting a Shell in the Docker for Windows Moby VM
• The What, Why, and How of the Docker Certified Associate (DCA) Certification
• DockerCon 17 EU Resources
• 18 of My Favorite DockerCon 2017 Video's
• Node.js Docker "Good Defaults": A Best Practice Template for Node In A Container
• Back From DockerCon17 US: The Best of Austin
• My TL;DR: Docker Version/Name Change Highlights
• Docker Desktop for Mac Commands for Getting Into The Local Docker VM
• 10 Minutes To HA Docker
• DockerHR: DockerCon 2016 Recap