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Beginner's Guide to Containers and Orchestration

This course provides a simple and conceptual introduction to containers and orchestration
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (372 ratings)
10,195 students
Created by Linux Academy
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Beginner's Guide to Containers and Orchestration
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (372 ratings)
10,195 students
Buy now
The absolute basics of containers
How orchestration works
A strong foundational knowledge of the role of containers in modern IT architecture

Requirements

  • No prerequisites or requirements, you can get started now
  • A desire to learn the basics of containers and orchestration
  • No physical networking hardware or software required

Description

This course is for the absolute beginner. Have you ever wanted to know, in very simple terms, the answers to the following questions: 

  • What are containers?

  • How are containers managed?

  • What is orchestration? 

  • Why are containers and orchestration important in modern IT architecture? 

If you answered yes, then this course is for you. Our goal with this course is to provide a simple, conceptual introduction to the fundamentals of containers and orchestration. There are no technical explanations or definitions to memorize - this course is visual, and strictly conceptual. When you are done with this course, you will have the foundation to move forward onto more advanced networking courses. And by having the frame-of-reference understanding from this course, you will be more prepared to tackle the more complex technical concepts and terminology.

Who this course is for:

  • The Beginner's Guide to Containers and Orchestration is for the absolute beginner
  • You want to build a basic foundational knowledge of modern IT infrastructure
  • You want a high-level understanding of containers

Course content

5 sections • 21 lectures • 1h 17m total length

  • Course Introduction
    02:35
  • Why Containers?
    02:25
  • About the Instructor
    00:28
  • Free Linux Academy Community Account (required for bonus labs and flashcards)
    10:42

Featured review

Asim Ali
Asim Ali
43 courses
6 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
A very good introduction course explaining what containers are, how they can be useful and how they are deployed and managed, in a very non-technical way. This course gives you a great overview of the whole process and a general understanding for the need for this technology. This is a must watch for anyone thinking about getting into DevOps.. or wanting to learn what the containers are all about.

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