Project in Docker | Docker Basics - Microservices

Name: Project in Docker | Docker Basics - Microservices
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Learn microservices and Docker Basics and build project in Docker with Docker Compose

Created byOleksandr Kocherhin

Last updated 2/2026

English

What you'll learn

Develop and deploy project in Docker with Docker and Docker Compose
Build real applications with Docker from scratch
Learn Docker basics through real usage
Deep dive with Docker for beginners

Course content

3 sections • 31 lectures • 4h 23m total length

What is this section about?0:05
Why do you need Docker?6:37
Planning Docker application8:40
Installing Docker tools3:33

What is this section about?0:07
Creating Dockerfile10:35
Creating API application6:58
Create a minimal node api with express, configure npm and package.json, install express, set up gitignore, add src/index.js with a /test route that returns test message, and start the server.
Preparing API Docker image8:48
Starting API server6:28
Docker Hub7:01
Environment variables9:29
Adding database17:35
Add a database to your API service using MongoDB and Mongoose, and configure a connection with environment variables and Docker Compose to start the database before the API.
Making database requests11:48
Volumes19:15
Auth service12:30
Frontend service11:43
Implement a React frontend service within Docker, configuring docker-compose, a Dockerfile, ports, and volumes to enable hot reloading and production-ready builds.
Running frontend in production11:51
Deploy a frontend in production by building a static build, serving it with serve, and using development overrides in yaml alongside docker compose to manage dependencies.
Docker exec4:56
Setting up nginx16:17
Set up Nginx as a dockerized reverse proxy to route requests to frontend and api services via port 80. Configure with docker compose, nginx.conf, and hosts testing.
Proxying API requests14:53
Docker network11:58
Frontend proxy15:12
Last tuning14:30
Do it yourself. Mailer service2:42
Implement a standalone mail service offering an api to send emails from other services. Describe its development and production configurations, including templates and integration with a third-party mail SaaS.

Requirements

A computer on which you can install software (Windows, MacOS, or Linux)
Basic linux skills is a plus (not mandatory)
For deployment part you'll need real linux server for which you normally need to pay (not mandatory. you can just follow along)

Description

This course requires you to download Docker Desktop from Docker website. If you are a Udemy Business user, please check with your employer before downloading software.

In this course you will learn microservices and Docker basics and will build a project in Docker of real application using Docker and Docker Compose. This Docker for beginners course is fully focused on fast and deep dive into creation of real application with Docker and Docker Compose. We will start from scratch and step by step you will get close to finished real application which is suitable for local development and easy deployment. You will deeply understand how to structure your application, build configuration files for Docker and split configuration files. We will write code together in efficient way to make it pure and avoid complexity.

For each lesson you'll get source code of the lesson, so it's easy to see the progress and get a working app on any lesson you want.

What you will learn in this course:

Structure and configure configuration files and projects
Split project in microservices
Understand images/volumes/networks/containers
Implementing development and production environment
Configure own server and deploy application there (You will need to pay for a server for deployment or just follow along)

If you are feeling like you learned Docker but you still still missing knowledge of how to build your project in Docker this course is what you need. This course is fully focused on solving real problems with deployment and development the application without just learning dry Docker possibilities!

Who this course is for:

This course is for you if you want to develop and deploy real project from beginning to the end with Docker
This course is for everyone who is interested in learning Docker deployment on real project
This course is for you if you want to improve you knowledge of Docker and Docker Compose

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Configuration20 lectures • 3hr 35min

Deployment7 lectures • 30min

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