About the course
Our instructor-led Microservices with Docker training course provides hands-on experience designing and creating flexible, scalable services for your enterprise applications. You'll master Docker, the cornerstone containerisation technology, to implement streamlined, lightweight containers. This approach will allow you to modularise an otherwise monolithic architecture and adopt a more Agile strategy for your enterprise deployments.
The course is suitable for all technical backgrounds, with example code available to demonstrate microservices built on a variety of languages, including Java, Node.js, GoLang, and .NET Core. We cover all the necessary software installation during the course, so you just need to bring yourself and your laptop.
We would be delighted to discuss your team’s specific requirements for an in-house or remote training course. Whether you're deploying in the cloud or on-premises, we can take into account your tech stack, use cases, and business domain to deliver a cost-effective and highly relevant tailored course.
Instructor-led online and in-house face-to-face options are available - as part of a wider customised training programme, or as a standalone workshop, on-site at your offices or at one of many flexible meeting spaces in the UK and around the World.
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- Understand Microservices Fundamentals: Grasp the core concepts, benefits, downsides, and real-world use cases of a microservice architecture.
- Master Containerisation: Learn the fundamentals of containers, what they are, how they work, and their role in a microservices environment.
- Get Hands-on with Docker: Install, configure, and run your first Docker containers, mastering the key commands and workflows.
- Develop a Microservice: Build a microservice from scratch, learning how to containerise it using a Dockerfile.
- Implement Deployment Patterns: Understand and apply key deployment strategies for hosting microservices, such as per-host or per-container models.
- Integrate Services Effectively: Learn best practices for integrating multiple microservices, including API Gateways and Circuit Breaker patterns to ensure resilience.
- Build Service Discovery: Discover how to implement client-side and server-side service discovery to ensure services can find and communicate with each other.
- Manage Data Efficiently: Explore different data management patterns, including Database per Service and Event Sourcing, to maintain data integrity across services.
- Secure Your Architecture: Learn to apply crucial security principles and considerations across middleware, edge services, and client applications.
- Establish a DevOps Workflow: Understand how to apply continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) to build and maintain a scalable, agile software development process.
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This training is ideal for:
Software Developers who want to build modular and scalable applications.
Software Architects who need to design a microservice architecture.
DevOps and SysAdmins responsible for deploying and managing services.
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A basic understanding of software development.
Comfortable with a command-line interface - ideally on Linux
A fundamental understanding of Docker is beneficial but not essential, as the course will cover the basics.
Attendees' workstations should have administrative permissions, Git, and Docker installed (we'll give you more details prior to the course)
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This Microservices course is available for private / custom delivery for your team - as an in-house face-to-face workshop at your location of choice, or as online instructor-led training via MS Teams (or your own preferred platform).
Get in touch to find out how we can deliver tailored training which focuses on your project requirements and learning goals.
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Microservices Fundamentals
The Big Picture: Understand the journey from monolithic to microservice architectures and the reasons for this evolution.
What's in a Name? Define what a microservice is and how it differs from a traditional service.
Benefits & Downsides: Get a clear overview of the advantages and disadvantages of this architectural style.
Real-World Use Cases: Explore successful implementations and identify scenarios where microservices are the right solution.
Getting Started with Docker
Introducing Containers: Learn what a container is, how it works, and its relationship to traditional virtual machines.
The Docker Platform: Get hands-on with installing Docker and running your first container.
Developing with Docker: Build your first microservice and learn how to write a Dockerfile to define your application's environment.
Port Mapping & Multi-Container Hosting: Understand how to manage network communication between containers and the outside world.
Microservice Design Patterns
Deployment Patterns: Master strategies for deploying microservices, from single-instance per host to multi-instance container models.
Communication Patterns: Learn about essential patterns like API Gateway and Circuit Breaker to manage communication and handle partial failures.
Service Discovery Patterns: Discover how to implement service registries for client-side and server-side discovery, ensuring your services can always find each other.
Data Management Patterns: Explore strategies for managing data across services, including Database per Service and Event-Driven Architecture to maintain data integrity.
Interfaces & Communication
RESTful Interfaces: Learn to build standard REST APIs for your microservices, covering HTTP verbs, response codes, and versioning.
Other Interfaces: Get an introduction to alternative communication methods like Protocol Buffers and Web Sockets.
Asynchronous Requests: Understand how to use message brokers for point-to-point and publish-subscribe models, enabling scalable, asynchronous communication.
Security & Processes
Microservices Security: Learn to apply fundamental security principles and best practices across your entire architecture.
Agile Development: Understand how a microservices approach facilitates a more agile software development process.
DevOps & CI/CD: Explore the role of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in the development and maintenance of microservices.
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Docker Official Documentation: The definitive source for all things Docker. This is the best place for detailed guides, a command-line reference, and a deeper dive into topics like Dockerfiles and networking.
Microservices.io A comprehensive, vendor-neutral guide to microservices patterns and best practices, covering everything from core concepts to data management.
Atlassian - Microservices Design Patterns A clear, practical guide that explains key microservices patterns such as API Gateway, Circuit Breaker, and Event Sourcing, which are crucial for building resilient systems.
Kubernetes Official Documentation As the industry standard for container orchestration, a basic understanding of Kubernetes is invaluable. Their documentation offers clear tutorials on how to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale.
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