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Docker Engineering Environment

A practical course on Docker development environments: Docker Engine 29.x, Docker Compose v2, Dockerfile, the image/container model, volumes, networks, healthchecks, Traefik v3.6, PhpStorm, Xdebug, and an engineering Make workflow. The course teaches reproducible local environments as a team contract, not blind container startup.

Docker Containerization Docker Compose Local Infrastructure Environment Reproducibility
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Course outline

Published version: modules, lessons, and duration.

01

Docker Working Environment and Course Contract

  1. 1 Installing Docker, Runtime Check, and the First Make Contract
    50 min
02

Docker foundations and runtime model

  1. 1 Docker Architecture and Runtime Readiness
    35 min
  2. 2 Images, containers and the process model
    50 min
  3. 3 Docker CLI as operational vocabulary
    50 min
03

Dockerfile and Environment Control

  1. 1 Dockerfile as an environment contract
    35 min
  2. 2 Build context, cache and .dockerignore
    35 min
  3. 3 Multi-stage, ARG/ENV and Runtime Boundaries
    35 min
04

Compose, Service Topology, and Project Runtime

  1. 1 Compose as a project map
    35 min
  2. 2 Startup dependencies, healthchecks, and restart policies
    35 min
  3. 3 Networks, DNS, and published ports
    35 min
  4. 4 Volumes, bind mounts, and data strategy
    35 min
  5. 5 UID, GID and access rights
    35 min
05

Reverse proxy, local domains, and unified edge

  1. 1 Single Edge and the localho.st Pattern
    35 min
  2. 2 Traefik Docker provider, labels, and routing
    35 min
  3. 3 Local TLS and Domain Route Diagnostics
    35 min
06

Docker Diagnostics and Environment Resilience

  1. 1 Logs, docker exec, and the first response to a crash
    41 min
  2. 2 Healthchecks, restart and readiness
    35 min
  3. 3 Resource limits and runtime pressure
    35 min
  4. 4 Cleanup, build cache, and safe environment maintenance
    35 min
07

PhpStorm and Container Workflow

  1. 1 Docker connection in PhpStorm
    42 min
  2. 2 Remote PHP interpreter, Composer and tests
    42 min
  3. 3 Xdebug and IDE debugging for containerized PHP
    50 min
08

Engineering Discipline of Local Environment

  1. 1 Consistent project structure
    49 min
  2. 2 Environment as code and team reproducibility
    50 min