This workshop will demonstrate how to use Docker, starting from the basic command to use Docker, and ending with the orchestration of OMERO, a complex multi-component application.
Prerequisites
- You must have access to a running Docker server.
- The open-source Community Edition can be downloaded here and installed on your own computer, including on OS X and Windows.
- Docker is also available in the repositories of many Linux distributions.
- This workshop has been tested with version XXX, but should work with most recent versions of Docker.
- You must create a Docker Hub account in advance of the workshop, and make a note of your username and password.
Ten Things You Need To Know
- Don’t panic.
Timings are extremely approximate.
They will be finalised nearer the time
| Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
| 10:00 | 1. Introduction to Docker | What is Docker? |
| 10:10 | 2. Running Docker images |
How do you run an image?
How can you access it? |
| 10:45 | 3. Creating new Docker images | How can you create your own Docker image? |
| 11:15 | 4. Morning Coffee | Break |
| 11:30 | 5. Run an OMERO client in Docker | How do I create a Docker image for a complex application? |
| 12:05 | 6. Storing data Docker volumes |
Why should I use Docker volumes?
Where can I store and access data? |
| 12:35 | 7. Run OMERO.web in Docker | How can I run OMERO.web in Docker |
| 13:10 | 8. Lunch | Break |
| 14:10 | 9. Pulling and pushing to Docker Hub | How do I publish my own images on Docker Hub? |
| 14:35 | 10. Official OMERO images | How do I run a multi-container application such as OMERO? |
| 15:25 | 11. Afternoon Coffee | Break |
| 15:40 | 12. Orchestration with Docker Compose | How can I manage applications with multiple components |
| 16:20 | 13. Is docker web-scale? | How much of what I have told you is wrong? |
| 16:30 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.