Docker is the container platform of choice for many organizations. Docker containers revolutionized the way applications are deployed in the DevOps era. Cloud Academy provides a wide variety of training content to help you boost your skills with Docker. This Docker playground supplements that content by providing you with a ready-to-use Docker installation. The playground provides full access to an instance with docker, docker-compose, and relevant command-line completions already installed and running. You have full access to the underlying host as well so you are not restricted compared to an environment that runs Docker in Docker (dind).

The playground is a safe and secure sandbox environment for you to explore your own ideas, follow along with Cloud Academy courses, or answer your own questions all without the need to install any software on your local machine. The extended duration of this playground provides you with ample time to play to your heart's content. Have fun in the playground!

Intended Audience

This lab playground is intended for:

• Anyone working with Docker containers and/or Docker Compose or interested in getting started
• Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
• DevOps Engineers
• Operations Engineers
• Full Stack Developers

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this lab playground but some familiarity with docker is recommended.

To gain familiarity with docker, you can use the following course:

• Introduction to Docker