Linux Containers 101

This workshop is for IT operations, engineers and architects who want a practical, hands-on introduction to Linux™ containers. Through a series of exercises, attendees will walk away with foundational knowledge including:

• How to build a new container image
• How to launch a container process
• How to push, pull and interact with container registries
• An introduction to Linux namespaces and how they impact running processes
• What is stored in an OCI image file
• How the container filesystem is constructed
• How the container networking stack is constructed

Agenda

• Pulling and Running Container images
• Working with Container images
• Building Container images from Dockerfile
• Working with Container Registries
• The Mount Namespace
• PID and IPC Namespaces
• Network and UTS Namespaces
• User Namespace
• Create a fully isolated environment utilizing namespaces 
• Changing the Filesystem
• Container Networking

What you will learn

• How a container is made
• Linux namespaces and how they impact running processes
• What is stored in an OCI image file
• How the container filesystem is constructed
• How the container networking stack is constructed
• How to install docker, buildah, podman, and skopeo
• How to run an existing container image
• How to build a new container from a base container image
• How to push the new container image to a container registry

Virtual workshop details

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022

Any questions? Please email sflahert@redhat.com

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