Overview

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. In this advanced Docker course, you'll learn to manage data persistence, resource optimization, and container orchestration. By the end, you'll be proficient in using Docker volumes for data storage, setting resource limits, applying restart policies, and building multi-container apps with Docker Compose. Gain hands-on experience with bind mounts, named volumes, and managing Docker networking for production environments. The course starts by exploring Docker volumes and data persistence, teaching you how to manage and store data within containers. You’ll then cover resource management, including CPU and memory limits, and advanced networking concepts like user-defined and host networks. Real-world projects follow, where you’ll build and deploy a key-value app and a notes app using Docker Compose. You'll manage services, handle dependencies, and use multistage builds to optimize container images. Ideal for developers and system admins with basic Docker knowledge, this course will help you deepen your skills in managing complex containerized applications.

Syllabus

[Docker] Volumes and Data Persistence

In this module, we will explore the essential concept of data persistence in Docker using volumes. We will cover different types of volumes, including bind mounts and named volumes, and show how to manage them with the Docker CLI to ensure data durability and consistency across container lifecycles.

[Docker] Advanced Docker Topics - Resource Limits, Restart Policies, and Networking

In this module, we will dive into advanced Docker topics, including resource limits for CPU and memory, restart policies for fault tolerance, and networking techniques. You’ll learn to fine-tune container resources, ensure resilience through restart policies, and explore different networking configurations to optimize container communication.

[Docker] Project - Code and Deploy a Key-Value App with Data Persistence

In this module, we will guide you through the process of coding and deploying a key-value application using Docker. You will set up a MongoDB database, create an Express backend, and configure containers to enable data persistence, API functionality, and secure interactions between services.

[Docker] Docker Compose

In this module, we will explore Docker Compose, a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. You will learn how to use Compose to orchestrate services, manage resources such as volumes and networks, and streamline workflows for complex containerized environments.

[Docker] Project - Code and Deploy a Notes App with Docker Compose

In this module, we will guide you through building and deploying a full Notes app using Docker Compose. You will containerize both the backend and frontend, optimize the build process, and manage inter-service communication with NGINX, ensuring seamless deployment and scalability of the app.