Creating My First Container

Prerequisites #

You must have a machine with Docker installed.

Deployment #

In this section, we will deploy our first Docker container.

1. Find and Download the Image

   We will deploy an Apache web server version 2.4.62. We must find a ready-to-use image and download it.

2. Deploy the Container

   You need to deploy our first container with the following characteristics:
   • Image: apache version 2.4.62
   • Port exposure: 83
   • Container name: my-first-container

3. Check Container Status

   You must check that your container is functioning properly. To do this, provide the docker commands for the following actions:
   • Show running containers
   • Show running and stopped containers
   • Show only the my-first-container container
   • Show containers that have the Label AUTHOR:ROUSSELTM

4. Container Verification

   You must find the command to test the proper functioning of the web server container.

   WARNING: A running container is not necessarily a functioning container. You must check its logs and outputs.

Optimization #

In this section, we will optimize our first Docker container.

1. Build a second, lighter container

   As mentioned during the courses, official images must be used in priority, especially the most optimal ones. You must choose another, more size-optimized image.

2. Compare the disk usage of the two containers

   You must find a command that shows only the two containers with their disk usage, knowing that both image names contain 'my-'

Difficulty level : ●●○○○ (2/5)