Containers form the foundation of modern cloud‑native infrastructure and are the essential entry point to Kubernetes and OpenShift. This course provides the practical container expertise every engineer needs before moving into Kubernetes.
Participants learn how to run and manage containers effectively, build lean and secure container images, and share images reliably across environments. They understand Linux container internals such as namespaces, cgroups, and OverlayFS, apply container and image best practices, and integrate container builds into CI/CD pipelines. By the end of the course, engineers are able to create production‑grade container images and confidently use them as the basis for Kubernetes platforms.